Anti-CD200R1 antibodies and methods of use thereof

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure provides binding proteins, such as antibodies and antigen-binding fragments, which specifically bind to human CD200R1 receptor protein (hu-CD200R1) and are capable of decreasing, inhibiting, and/or fully-blocking immune regulatory effects mediated by hu-CD200R1. The present disclosure also provides methods of using the antibodies (and compositions thereof) to treat diseases and conditions responsive to decreasing, inhibiting and/or blocking immune regulatory function or activity mediated by CD200 binding to CD200R1.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority benefit to U.S. Provisional ApplicationNo. 63/032,508, filed May 29, 2020, which is hereby incorporated byreference herein.

FIELD

The present disclosure relates generally to binding proteins, such asantibodies and antigen-binding fragments, which bind to the CD200R1receptor protein and methods of using such binding proteins.

REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING

The official copy of the Sequence Listing is submitted concurrently withthe specification as an ASCII formatted text file via EFS-Web, with afile name of “09402-007PV1_SeqList_ST25.txt”, a creation date of Apr.11, 2023, and a size of 84,261 bytes. The Sequence Listing filed viaEFS-Web is part of the specification and is incorporated in its entiretyby reference herein.

BACKGROUND

Cell surface transmembrane glycoprotein CD200 receptor 1 (referred toherein as “CD200R1” and also known in the art as CD200 receptor 1,CD200R, HCRTR2, OX2R, and MOX2R) is a human protein expressed on thesurface of myeloid cells and CD4+ T cells. CD200R1 is a cell surfaceglycoprotein containing two immunoglobulin-like domains. CD200R and itsbinding partner, CD200, are both highly conserved type I paired membraneglycoproteins, consisting of two immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domains (V andC) that belong to the Ig protein superfamily. CD200R is expressed mainlyon subsets of T cells and myeloid lineage cells. CD200, however, isexpressed more widely on a variety of human cells including neurons,epithelial cells, endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and lymphoid cells.CD200R1 acts to regulate expression of pro-inflammatory molecules suchas tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α), and interferons. The binding of CD200Rto its ligand CD200 has been found to signal an immunosuppressiveactivity including inhibiting T-cell immune response and natural killer(NK) cell cytotoxic activity, promoting macrophage secretion ofindoleamine-2,3 dioxygenase (IDO), and triggering regulatory T cell(Treg) expansion (see e.g., Gorczynski, “CD200:CD200R-mediatedregulation of immunity.” ISRN Immunol. 2012; 2012). CD200 is understoodto have an immune checkpoint function on dendritic cells and lymphoideffector cells, modulating activation inflammatory immune responses andcontributing to the maintenance of self-tolerance (see e.g., Rygiel T P,Meyaard L. “CD200R signaling in tumor tolerance and inflammation: atricky balance.” Curr Opin Immunol. 2012; 24(2):233-8). CD200 isoverexpressed in a wide variety of solid and hematological tumor celltypes, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) multiple myeloma(MM), acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and others (see e.g., McWhirter etal. “Antibodies selected from combinatorial libraries block a tumorantigen that plays a key role in immunomodulation.” Proc Natl Acad SciUSA. 2006; 103(4):1041-6). A finding of decreased anti-tumor cytotoxic Tcell (CTL) response correlated with aggressive tumor progression, andreduced patient survival has been associated with the overexpression ofCD200 on tumor cells and correlated. Accordingly, CD200 has beentargeted for cancer immunotherapy including the development of ahumanized antibody, Samalizumab, that specifically binds to CD200 andblocks its ligation to the CD200R1, and which is in clinical trials forreduction of tumor burden in patients with advanced chronic lymphocyticleukemia (CLL) (see e.g., Mahadevan et al., “Phase I study ofsamalizumab in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and multiple myeloma:blockade of the immune checkpoint CD200,” J. Immunotherapy Cancer 7, 227(2019)).

SUMMARY

The present disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind humanCD200R1 with high affinity. The antibodies are capable of decreasing,inhibiting, and/or fully-blocking immune regulatory effects mediated byCD200R1. The present disclosure also provides compositions for andmethods of treating diseases and conditions responsive to decreasing,inhibiting and/or blocking immune regulatory function or activitymediated by CD200R1.

In at least one embodiment, the present disclosure provides ananti-CD200R1 antibody comprising (i) a first light chain hypervariableregion (HVR-L1), a second light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L2), anda third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3), and/or (ii) a firstheavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1), a second heavy chainhypervariable region (HVR-H2), and a third heavy chain hypervariableregion (HVR-H3), wherein:

-   -   (a) HVR-L1 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from        RASESVDYSGNSFMH (SEQ ID NO: 11), SASSSVSYMY (SEQ ID NO: 19),        RASKSISKYLA (SEQ ID NO: 27), RASKSISKYLA (SEQ ID NO: 35),        QASHTINLN (SEQ ID NO: 43), QASHTINLN (SEQ ID NO: 51),        RASKSVSTSGYSYMH (SEQ ID NO: 59), and RASESVDYSGNSFMH (SEQ ID NO:        77);    -   (b) HVR-L2 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from        RASNLES (SEQ ID NO: 12), LTSKLAS (SEQ ID NO: 20), SGSTLQS (SEQ        ID NO: 28), SGSTLQS (SEQ ID NO: 36), GTSNLED (SEQ ID NO: 44),        GTSNLED (SEQ ID NO: 52), LASNLES (SEQ ID NO: 60), and RASNLES        (SEQ ID NO: 78);    -   (c) HVR-L3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from        HQSNEDPPT (SEQ ID NO: 13), QQWSSYPLT (SEQ ID NO: 21), QQYNEYPWT        (SEQ ID NO: 29), QQYNEYPWT (SEQ ID NO: 37), LQHTYLPWT (SEQ ID        NO: 45), LQHTYLPWT (SEQ ID NO: 53), QHNRELLT (SEQ ID NO: 61),        and HQSNWDPPT (SEQ ID NO: 79);    -   (d) HVR-H1 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from TNYAVS        (SEQ ID NO: 15), KDDYMH (SEQ ID NO: 23), KDDYMH (SEQ ID NO: 31),        KDDYIH (SEQ ID NO: 39), KDDYIH (SEQ ID NO: 47), TSYWMH (SEQ ID        NO: 55), TSYVMF (SEQ ID NO: 63), TNYRVS (SEQ ID NO: 81), and        TNYWVS (SEQ ID NO: 85);    -   (e) HVR-H2 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from        VMWAGGGTNYNS (SEQ ID NO: 16), RIDPANDNTKYAP (SEQ ID NO: 24),        RIDPENGNTKYGP (SEQ ID NO: 32), RIDPANGNTKYAP (SEQ ID NO: 40),        RIDPANGNTKYAP (SEQ ID NO: 48), AIYPGNSDTNYNQ (SEQ ID NO: 56),        YINPYNDDTKYNE (SEQ ID NO: 64), VMYAGGGTNYNS (SEQ ID NO: 82), and        TMWAGGGTNYNS (SEQ ID NO: 86);    -   (f) HVR-H3 comprises an amino acid sequence selected from        ARERPLTGVMDY (SEQ ID NO: 17), TRVEGRTGTYFDY (SEQ ID NO: 25),        TRQLGLRRVWYALDY (SEQ ID NO: 33), ARQLGLRRTWYSLDY (SEQ ID NO:        41), TRQLGLRRTWYAMDY (SEQ ID NO: 49), TTAVGSY (SEQ ID NO: 57),        AREDYYGSRFVYW (SEQ ID NO: 65), ARERPLTGVMDN (SEQ ID NO: 83), and        ARERPLTGPMDY (SEQ ID NO: 87).

In at least one embodiment of the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the presentdisclosure, the antibody comprises:

-   -   (a) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 11, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 12, and HVR-L3        of SEQ ID NO: 13; and/or HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 15, HVR-H2 of SEQ        ID NO: 16, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 17;    -   (b) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 19, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 20, and HVR-L3        of SEQ ID NO: 21; and/or HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 23, HVR-H2 of SEQ        ID NO: 24, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 25;    -   (c) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 27, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 28, and HVR-L3        of SEQ ID NO: 29; and/or HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 31, HVR-H2 of SEQ        ID NO: 32, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 33;    -   (d) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 35, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 36, and HVR-L3        of SEQ ID NO: 37; and/or HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 39, HVR-H2 of SEQ        ID NO: 40, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 41;    -   (e) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 43, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 44, and HVR-L3        of SEQ ID NO: 45; and/or HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 47, HVR-H2 of SEQ        ID NO: 48, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 49;    -   (f) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 51, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 52, and HVR-L3        of SEQ ID NO: 53; and/or HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 55, HVR-H2 of SEQ        ID NO: 56, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 57;    -   (g) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 59, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 60, and HVR-L3        of SEQ ID NO: 61; and/or HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 63, HVR-H2 of SEQ        ID NO: 64, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 65;    -   (h) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 77, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 78, and HVR-L3        of SEQ ID NO: 79; and/or HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 81, HVR-H2 of SEQ        ID NO: 82, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 83;    -   (i) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 11, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 12, and HVR-L3        of SEQ ID NO: 13; and/or HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 85, HVR-H2 of SEQ        ID NO: 86, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 87;    -   (j) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 11, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 12, and HVR-L3        of SEQ ID NO: 13; and/or HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 81, HVR-H2 of SEQ        ID NO: 82, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 83; or    -   (k) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 77, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 78, and HVR-L3        of SEQ ID NO: 79; and/or HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 85, HVR-H2 of SEQ        ID NO: 86, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 87.

In at least one embodiment of the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the presentdisclosure, the antibody comprises a light chain variable domain (VL)amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to a sequence selectedfrom SEQ ID NO: 10, 18, 26, 34, 42, 50, 58, 66, or 76; and/or a heavychain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least 90%identity to a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 14, 22, 30, 38, 46, 54,62, 67, 80, or 84.

In at least one embodiment of the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the presentdisclosure, the antibody comprises:

-   -   (a) a light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence        having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 10, and/or a heavy        chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least        90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 14;    -   (b) a light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence        having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 18, and/or a heavy        chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least        90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 22;    -   (c) a light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence        having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 26, and/or a heavy        chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least        90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 30;    -   (d) a light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence        having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 34, and/or a heavy        chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least        90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 38;    -   (e) a light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence        having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 42, and/or a heavy        chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least        90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 46;    -   (f) a light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence        having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 50, and/or a heavy        chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least        90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 54;    -   (g) a light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence        having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 58, and/or a heavy        chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least        90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 62;    -   (h) a light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence        having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 66, and/or a heavy        chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least        90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 67;    -   (i) a light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence        having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 76, and/or a heavy        chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least        90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 80;    -   (j) a light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence        having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 66, and/or a heavy        chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least        90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 84;    -   (k) the antibody comprises a light chain variable domain (VL)        amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO:        66, and/or a heavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acid        sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 80; or    -   (l) the antibody comprises a light chain variable domain (VL)        amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO:        76, and/or a heavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acid        sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 84.

In at least one embodiment of the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the presentdisclosure, the antibody comprises a light chain (LC) amino acidsequence having at least 90% identity to a sequence selected from SEQ IDNO: 68, 71, and 74; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence havingat least 90% identity to a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 69, 70, 72,73, 75, 88, and 89.

In at least one embodiment of the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the presentdisclosure, the antibody comprises:

-   -   (a) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%        identity SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid        sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 69;    -   (b) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%        identity SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid        sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 70;    -   (c) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%        identity SEQ ID NO: 71; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid        sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 88;    -   (d) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%        identity to SEQ ID NO: 71; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid        sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 72;    -   (e) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%        identity SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid        sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 89;    -   (f) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%        identity SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid        sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 73;    -   (g) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%        identity SEQ ID NO: 68; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid        sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 88;    -   (h) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%        identity SEQ ID NO: 71; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid        sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 89; or    -   (i) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%        identity to SEQ ID NO: 74; and/or a heavy chain (HC) amino acid        sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 75.

In at least one embodiment of the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the presentdisclosure, the antibody is characterized by one or more of thefollowing properties:

-   -   (a) binds to hu-CD200R1 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or        less, 1×10⁻⁹M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or less, or 1×10⁻¹¹ M or less;        optionally, wherein the binding affinity is measured by        equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to a hu-CD200R1        polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3, and/or 4;    -   (b) binds to hu-CD200R1-iso4 and hu-CD200R1-iso1 with a binding        affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, 1×10⁻⁹M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or        less, or 1×10⁻¹¹ M or less; optionally, wherein the binding        affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociation constant        (K_(D)) to a hu-CD200R1-iso4 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 and/or        2, and a hu-CD200R1-iso1 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 3 and/or 4;    -   (c) binds to hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt and hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref with a        binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, 1×10⁻⁹M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M        or less, or 1×10⁻¹¹ M or less; optionally, wherein the binding        affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociation constant        (K_(D)) to a hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1,        and a hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2;    -   (d) binds to hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt, hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref,        hu-CD200R1-iso1-Alt, and hu-CD200R1-iso1-Ref with a binding        affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, 1×10⁻⁹ M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or        less, or 1×10⁻¹¹ M or less; optionally, wherein the binding        affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociation constant        (K_(D)) to a hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1,        hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2,        hu-CD200R1-iso1-Alt polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a        hu-CD200R1-iso1-Ref polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 4;    -   (e) binds to cyno-CD200R1 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or        less, 1×10⁻⁹ M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or less, or 1×10⁻¹¹ M or less;        optionally, wherein the binding affinity is measured by        equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to a cyno-CD200R1        polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 5;    -   (f) binds to hu-CD200R1 and to cyno-CD200R1 with a binding        affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, 1×10⁻⁹ M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or        less, or 1×10⁻¹¹ M or less; optionally, wherein the binding        affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociation constant        (K_(D)) to a hu-CD200R1 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3,        and/or 4, and a cyno-CD200R1 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 5;    -   (g) blocks hu-CD200-Fc binding to hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt (SEQ ID        NO: 1), hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref (SEQ ID NO: 2), hu-CD200R1-iso1-Alt        (SEQ ID NO: 3), and hu-CD200R1-iso1-Ref (SEQ ID NO: 4) measured        by ELISA with an IC₅₀ of 10 nM or less, 7 nM or less, 5 nM or        less, 2 nM or less, or 1 nM or less;    -   (h) blocks hu-CD200-Fc binding to hu-CD200R1 expressed on a cell        with an IC₅₀ of 2.5 nM or less, 1 nM or less, or 0.5 nM or less;        optionally, wherein the cell is a U937 cell stably expressing        hu-CD200R1;    -   (i) binds to human T-cells with an EC₅₀ of 2.5 nM or less, 1 nM        or less, or 0.5 nM or less; optionally, wherein the human        T-cells are CD4+ T-cells or CD8+ T-cells;    -   (j) increases IFNγ production from human tumor cells by at least        1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, or more, with an antibody        concentration of 100 nM or less, 50 nM or less, or 10 nM or        less; optionally, wherein the tumor cell type is selected from        colorectal, endometrial, lung, melanoma, ovarian, pancreatic, or        prostate;    -   (k) increases IFNγ and/or IL-2 production from hu-CD200-Fc        coated human T cells relative to IgG control by at least        1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, or more;    -   (l) increases activation of human CD4+ T-cells or human Cd8+        T-cells by at least 1.5-fold, at least 2-fold, at least        2.5-fold, at least 3-fold or more;    -   (m) does not agonize CD200R1 signaling;    -   (n) blocks induction of pDok2 activity in U937 monocytic cell        lines treated with soluble hu-CD200-Fc; and/or    -   (o) blocks NFkβ transcription induced by hu-CD200 binding        hu-CD200R1 expressing cell-lines; optionally, wherein the cell        lines are a CD200R1-expressing K562 reporter cells and        CD200-expressing 293T cells.

In some embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount is at leastabout 1 mg/kg, at least about 2 mg/kg, at least about 10 mg/kg, at leastabout 20 mg/kg. In some embodiments, the therapeutically effectiveamount is at least about 0.3 mg, at least about 1.0 mg, at least about3.0 mg, at least about 10 mg, at least about 30 mg, at least about 100mg, at least about 300 mg, or at least about 900 mg. In someembodiments, the therapeutically effective amount is at least about 10mg/kg, at least about 20 mg/kg, or at least about 100 mg/kg. In someembodiments, there are no significant off-target effects of theanti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosure at the therapeuticallyeffective amount. In some embodiments, there are no significantoff-target effects of the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the presentdisclosure at a dose of not more than 10 mg/kg. In some embodiments,there are no significant off-target effects of the anti-CD200R1 antibodyof the present disclosure at a dose of not more than 20 mg/kg.

The present disclosure also provides embodiments of the anti-CD200R1antibody, wherein: (i) the antibody is a monoclonal antibody; (ii) theantibody is a human, humanized, or chimeric antibody; (iii) the antibodyis a full length antibody of class IgG, optionally, wherein the classIgG antibody has an isotype selected from IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, andIgG4 S228P and IgG4 S228P/L235E; (iv) the antibody is an Fc regionvariant, optionally an Fc region variant that alters effector function(e.g., a variant resulting in an effectorless antibody), or an Fc regionvariant that alters antibody half-life, or an Fc region variant thatalters both effector function and antibody half-life, including in allinstances where the Fc region may or may not contain a c-terminallysine; (v) the antibody is an antibody fragment, optionally selectedfrom the group consisting of F(ab′)₂, Fab′, Fab, Fv, single domainantibody (VHH), and scFv; (vi) the antibody is an immunoconjugate,optionally, wherein the immunoconjugate comprises a therapeutic agentfor treatment of a CD200R1-mediated disease or condition; (vii) theantibody is a multispecific antibody, optionally a bispecific antibody;and (viii) the antibody is a synthetic antibody, wherein the HVRs aregrafted onto a scaffold or framework other than an immunoglobulinscaffold or framework; optionally, a scaffold selected from analternative protein scaffold and an artificial polymer scaffold.

In other embodiments, the present disclosure provides isolated nucleicacids encoding the anti-CD200R1 antibodies disclosed herein.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure also provides a host cellcomprising a nucleic acid encoding an anti-CD200R1 antibody as disclosedherein.

The disclosure also provides a method of producing an anti-CD200R1antibody, wherein the method comprises culturing a host cell comprisinga nucleic acid (or vector) encoding an anti-CD200R1 antibody so that anantibody is produced.

In some embodiments, the disclosure provides a pharmaceuticalcomposition comprising an anti-CD200R1 antibody as disclosed herein anda pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In some embodiments, thepharmaceutical composition further comprises a therapeutic agent fortreatment of a CD200R1-mediated disease or condition. In someembodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibody is the sole active agent of thepharmaceutical composition. In some embodiments, the pharmaceuticalcomposition comprises the anti-CD200R1 antibody and an additional activeagent, such as but not limited to a checkpoint inhibitor, such as e.g.,a second antibody comprising a specificity for an antigen that is animmune checkpoint molecule; optionally, wherein the immune checkpointmolecule is selected from PD-1, PDL-1TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3,CRTAM, CTLA-4, BTLA, CD96, CD244, CD160, LIGHT, GITR, 4-1BB, OX40, CD27,TMIGD2, ICOS, CD40, CD47, SIRPa, NKG2D, NKG2A, TNFRSF25, CD33, CEA,Epcam, GPC3, CD73, CD83, CD39, TRAIL, CD226, VEGF, and VISTA.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method oftreating a CD200R1-mediated disease in a subject, comprisingadministering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ananti-CD200R1 antibody as disclosed herein, or a therapeuticallyeffective amount of a pharmaceutical formulation of an anti-CD200R1antibody as disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1antibody is the sole active agent administered to the subject to treatthe CD200R1-mediated condition. In some embodiments, the subject isadministered more than one active agents, including e.g., 2 or more, 3or more, 4 or more, or 5 or more active agents effective to treat thesubject for the CD200R1-mediated condition. In some embodiments, themore than one active agents administered to the subject include theanti-CD200R1 antibody and at least one additional active agent, such asa checkpoint inhibitor e.g., an antibody comprising a specificity for anantigen that is an immune checkpoint molecule.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method oftreating a disease mediated by binding of CD200 to CD200R1 expressed oncells in a subject, comprising administering to the subject atherapeutically effective amount of an anti-CD200R1 antibody asdisclosed herein, or a therapeutically effective amount of apharmaceutical formulation of an anti-CD200R1 antibody as disclosedherein. In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibody is the soleactive agent administered to the subject to treat the subject for thedisease mediated by binding of CD200 to CD200R1 expressed on cells inthe subject. In some embodiments, the subject is administered aplurality of active agents effective to treat the subject, includinge.g., where the plurality of active agents include the anti-CD200R1antibody and an additional active agent, such as but not limited toe.g., a checkpoint inhibitor such as e.g., a second antibody comprisinga specificity for an antigen that is an immune checkpoint molecule. Inat least one embodiment, the anti-CD200R1 antibodies bind to hu-CD200R1with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, 1×10⁻⁹M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ Mor less, or 1×10⁻¹¹M or less; optionally, wherein the binding affinityis measured by equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to any one ormore of the four hu-CD200R1 isoforms of SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3, and/or 4.

In some embodiments of the uses and methods of treatment disclosedherein, the CD200R1-mediated diseases and conditions, or the diseasesmediated by CD200 that can be treated with the anti-CD200R1 antibodiesof the present disclosure, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof,include cancer. In some embodiments, the cancer is selected from adrenalgland cancer, bladder cancer, sarcomas, microsatellite instability-high(MSI-H) cancer (including solid MSI-cancer), TMB (tumor mutationalburden)-high tumor, mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) cancer, braincancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, EGJadenocarcinoma, esophageal cancer, gall bladder cancer, gastric cancer(e.g. gastrointestinal carcinoid (GI carcinoid)), head and neck cancer,heart cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, kidney cancer, liver cancer,melanoma, mesothelioma (e.g. pleural mesothelioma), non-small cell lungcancer, ovarian cancer, epithelial ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer,pediatric solid cancers, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, spleencancer, small cell lung cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid cancer (e.g.medullary thyroid cancer or follicular thyroid cancer), blood cancers(e.g. diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), leukemias, lymphomas,myelomas), renal cell carcinoma, clear cell renal carcinoma,neuroendocrine tumors (e.g. malignant pheochromocytoma andparaganglioma), and uterine cancer. In some embodiments, the cancer isselected from lung cancer (e.g. small cell lung cancer), skin cancer(e.g., melanoma), pancreatic cancer, endometrial cancer, prostatecancer, colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, mesothelioma, and bladdercancer.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B depict alignments of VL domain and VH domainsequences from selected anti-CD200R1 antibodies of the presentdisclosure and a commercial antibody, OX108. HVRs are highlighted ingrey and positions are numbered based on Kabat numbering.

FIG. 2 depicts alignments of the VL domain and VH domain sequences ofthe murine anti-CD200R1 antibody, 10F6, to the closest human germlinesequences, and the sequences of the humanized version of 10F6. Positionsnumbered based on Kabat numbering.

FIG. 3 depicts plots of ELISA results for blocking of hu-CD200-Fcbinding to hu-CD200R1 (isoform 1 or 4 and haplotype Ref or Alt) byselected anti-CD200R1 antibodies of the present disclosure. 1 μg/mLhu-CD200-Fc was coated in the plate. A serial dilution of antibody insolution with hu-CD200R1 (0.1 μg/mL or 0.4 μg/mL) was incubated withplate-bound hu-CD200-Fc. Streptavidin poly-HRP antibody (Thermo-Fisher)was used for detection.

FIG. 4 depicts plots of assay results showing the ability of theanti-CD200R1 antibodies of the present disclosure to block binding ofhu-CD200-Fc to cells expressing CD200R1.

FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B depict plots of assay results showing the binding ofthe anti-CD200R1 antibodies h10F6 and h22.1 to human or cyno T cells

FIG. 6 depicts plots of data showing that treatment with anti-CD200R1blocking antibodies resulted in immune activation (increased IFNγsecretion) of primary PBMC samples collected from 9 cancer patients.PBMCs were treated with 100 nM of the anti-CD200R1 antibodies, h22.1 orh10F6, or an effectorless isotype control, and assay was carried out asdescribed in Example 5.

FIG. 7A, FIG. 7B, FIG. 7C, and FIG. 7D depict plots showing that solubleanti-CD200R1 antibodies, h10F6 and h22.1, can rescue IL-2 and IFNγsecretion suppressed by CD200-Fc in pan T-cells from healthy donorsrelative to an isotype control (Lyso IgG). Antibodies were tested using100 nM fixed or top-dose response concentrations. Error bars shown arerepresentative of the standard deviation or standard error mean fromtriplicate samples. Plate bound humanized CD200-Fc ligand inhibits panT-cell function. IL-2 and IFNγ levels were measured by ELISA asdescribed in Example 5.

FIG. 8A, FIG. 8B, and FIG. 8C depict plots showing how treatment ofT-cells with anti-CD200R1 antibodies, h10F6 and h22.1 the surfaceexpression results in Tolerogenic Dendritic Cell suppression on T-cellsor activation by Immunogenic Dendritic Cells. Expression of an earlyT-cell activation marker CD69 on CD8+ T cells (see FIG. 8A) andproliferation marker Ki67 on CD4+ T cells (see FIG. 8B) with fixedCD200R1 antibodies at 10 μg/mL are compared to isotype control (labeledas IgG E). FIG. 8C depicts calculated IFNg release with treatment of 10μg/mL fixed CD200R1 antibody relative to isotype control (labeled hereas Iso IgG E−) 4, 5, and 6 days post-MLR

FIG. 9 depicts the pDok2 levels induced after 30 min treatment withsoluble humanized 22.1 (indicated as sol 22.1 IgG in the figure),humanized 10F6 (sol 10F6 IgG), OX108 (sol OX108 IgG), CD200-Fc (solCD200Fc), and isotype control IgG (sol Iso IgG). U937 stably expressingCD200R1 is indicated as “CD200R+” in the figure and were treated with a6 fold dilution starting at 200 nM. Parental cells were treated with thehighest dose, 200 nM, and is indicated as “WT” in the figure. The toprow displays pDok2 and the bottom row displays total Dok2.

FIG. 10A and FIG. 10B depict plots of data showing the antagonism ofsoluble anti-CD200R1 antibodies h10F6 and h22.1 against K562-CD200R1co-cultured with a CD200 expressing cells. FIG. 10A: IgG form ofantibodies; FIG. 10B: Fab form of antibodies.

FIG. 11 depicts plots of data from pharmacokinetic studies in rats ofthe anti-CD200R1 antibodies, h10F6 and h22.1, carried out as describedin Example 7.

FIG. 12 depicts the serum concentrations of h10F6 for two male and twofemale monkeys over time after either a 2 mg/kg dose or 20 mg/kg dose ofh10F6.

FIG. 13 depicts plots of data from flow cytometry studies of binding ofh10F6 to T-cell subtypes, carried out as described in Example 10.

FIG. 14 depicts EC50 values for binding of MoDCs incubated with serialdilutions of biotinylated h10F6 and stained with streptavidin-PE andLive/Dead stain.

FIG. 15A, FIG. 15B, FIG. 15C, FIG. 15D, FIG. 15E, and FIG. 15F depictresults from flow cytometry analyses of PBMCs of cynomolgus monkey (FIG.15A), beagle (FIG. 15B), Rhesus monkey (FIG. 15C), rabbit (FIG. 15D),marmoset (FIG. 15E), or Sprague Dawley rat (FIG. 15F) showing no bindingto h10F6 to primary immune cells in these species. PBMCs were incubatedwith 50 or 200 nM of biotinylated h10F6 or isotype control and stainedwith streptavidin-PE and Live/Dead stain.

FIG. 16 depicts binding of h10F6 to CHO cells transfected with fulllength CD200-R1 from human, rabbit, marmoset, rhesus monkey, orcynomolgus monkey and incubated with serial dilutions of biotinylatedh10F6 followed by streptavidin-PE and Live/Dead stain.

FIG. 17A, FIG. 17B, FIG. 17C, and FIG. 17D depicts expression of CD200on TILs and PBMC in cancer patients and healthy controls. CD200expression was evaluated in immune cell subsets derived from tumors andPBMC from cancer patients and PBMC from healthy subjects. Single-cellimmune subsets were gated based on CD45+T helper cells (CD3+CD4+) (FIG.17A), cytotoxic T cells (CD3+CD8+) (FIG. 17C), and B cells (CD3-CD19+)(FIG. 17B); myeloid cells were identified as CD11b+, (lineage negative)(FIG. 17D). CD200 expression as measured by MFI (mean fluorescenceintensity) was compared on TIL subsets with matched PBMCs.

FIG. 18A, FIG. 18B, FIG. 18C, and FIG. 18D depicts CD200R1 expressionevaluated in immune cell subsets derived from tumors and PBMCs fromcancer patients and PBMCs from healthy subjects. Single-cell immunesubsets were gated based on CD45+T helper cells (CD3+CD4+) (FIG. 18A),cytotoxic T cells (CD3+CD8+) (FIG. 18C), and B cells (CD3-CD19+) (FIG.18B); myeloid cells were identified as CD11b+, (lineage negative) (FIG.18D). CD200R1 expression as measured by MFI (mean fluorescenceintensity) was compared on TIL subsets with matched PBMCs.

FIG. 19A and FIG. 19B depict the U937 cell line engineered to expresslevels hCD200R1 expected to represent a high expression population(approximately 28% of total T cells). Panel A displacement of varyingconcentrations of biotinylated hCD200-Fc from U937-CD

FIG. 20 depicts binding as a function of concentration of in-vitromonocyte-differentiated DCs allowed to bind to increasing concentrationsof h10F6.

FIG. 21 depicts blocking induced recruitment of DOK2 to CD200R1 in humanJurkat cells engineered to express CD200R1 and DOK2 that wereco-cultured with HEK293 cells expressing CD200.

FIG. 22 depicts the effect of h10F6 on CD200-R1 induced NFκB activationof properties of the human myeloid cell line, K562, which was engineeredto stably express CD200R1 and a NFκB-luciferase reporter. Panel Adepicts to co-culture of K562 cells expressing CD200R1 with HEK293Tcells expressing CD200 induced NFκB reporter gene activity in a cellnumber dependent manner. Panel B depicts the capacity of h10F6 to blockNFκB signaling by applying serial dilutions of h10F6 or isotype controlto co-cultured K562 cells expressing CD200R1 with HEK293T cellsexpressing CD200.

FIG. 23 depicts monocytes differentiated into dendritic cells byculturing for 7 days with 20 ng/mL GMCSF and 20 ng/mL IL-4. Dendriticcells were either polarized into tolerogenic (with 20 ng/mL IL-10 andIFNα-2b) or polarized into immunogenic DC (with 100 ng/mL LPS and 50ng/mL TNF-α). After 3 days of polarization, pan-T cells and matured DCswere mixed together at a 20:1 (T:DC) ratio with 10 ug/mL h10F6 orisotype control. Conditioned media was harvested after 4, 5, and 6 daysfor cytokine measurements. T cell activation markers were measured byFACS analysis (anti-CD69, anti-CD25 and anti-Ki67). Both cytokineproduction (panel A; IFNγ, IL-12, and IL-18) and T cell activationmarkers (panel B, CD4+Ki67+ and CD8+CD69+) were measured; a time-courseof IFNγ secretion at days 4, 5, and 6 (panel C) illustrates timedependence.

FIG. 24 depicts Human pan-T cells isolated from healthy PBMC donors andchronically stimulated with 2 μg/mL PHA and 4 ng/mL human IL-2 for 7days in complete media. Cells were then harvested, rested of stimulantsand primed with 40 ng/mL human IL-4 for 24 hours. Prior to platingcells, plates were coated overnight at 4° C. with 1 μg/mL anti-CD3 cloneOKT3 and 15 μg/mL hCD200-Fc or isotype matched Fc control, referred toas Control Coat diluted in PBS. Cells were harvested, washed and platedwith 50 nM antibodies for 24 hours. Cell supernatant was harvested andIL-2 secretion was measured by ELISA. In panel A, the average of IL-2secretion levels from biological triplicates and SEM are graphed foreach donor. An unpaired t-test was performed to determine significanth10F6 treatment effects compared to isotype control (*, p<0.05; **,p<0.01; ***, p<0.001). In panel B, a dose-response curve for h10F6rescue of IFNγ secretion illustrates biological triplicates from onedonor.

FIG. 25 depicts the acceleration of tumor cell killing by treatment ofPBMCs primed with SEB with h10F6 (GFP+COV644 tumor cells thatendogenously express CD200) compared to isotype control treated PBMCs.Panel A depicts growth curves (measured by green area per well) forcells from 1 of 3 donors (RG1212) treated with the indicatedconcentration of h10F6 or isotype control. Panel B depicts thedose-dependent reduction of tumor cell GFP signal measured using thegreen area under the curve during the killing phase time frame from thesame donor shown in panel A (RG1212); data are plotted as the mean±SEMof 4 to 6 individual measurements.

FIG. 26 depicts h10F6 enhanced PBMC-mediated tumor cell killing in aconcentration-dependent manner in 3 unique donors (Panels A to C). Themean percent increase of tumor cells killed from n=4 replicates wasplotted by h10F6 concentration and separated by donor (Panel D). Datafrom repeated experiments in RG1939 (N=2) and RG1307 (N=3) wereaggregated and fit with a three-term nonlinear regression model.Individual and model fit max and min % tumor killing relative to isotypecontrol were plotted by donor to evaluate the range and donor-to-donorvariability of the h10F6 effect.

FIG. 27 depicts monkey PBMC incubated with serial dilutions ofbiotinylated h10F6 and stained with streptavidin-PE, Live/Dead stain,and a cocktail of fluorochrome-conjugated commercial antibodies,including anti-CD3 clone SK7, anti-CD4 clone M-T466, anti-CD8 cloneBW135/80, anti-CD20 clone 2H7, anti-CD11b clone M1/70, anti-CD14 cloneTUK4 and anti-HLA-DR clone REA-805 Immune cell subtypes were defined asT helper cells (CD3+CD4+). EC50 values for binding to monkey CD4+ Tcells were determined using a 3-parameter, log 10[h10F6] vs response,nonlinear curve fit.

FIG. 28 depicts the capacity of h10F6 to block binding biotinylatedMfCD200R1 to immobilized, Fc-tagged MfCD200, as evaluated using ELISA.Four-fold serial dilutions of h10F6 ranging from 1 μM to 2.38×10-7 μMwere pre-incubated with hCD200R1 (0.04 ug/ml) or MfCD200R1 (0.12 ug/ml)prior to adding to plate-immobilized MfCD200. Binding was evaluated byincubating with HRP-streptavidin and colorimetric substrate, followed bymonitoring the OD450 in each well.

FIG. 29 depicts the human monocytic cell line, K562, engineered tostably express MfCD200R1. Binding of recombinant MfCD200 fused with anon-glycosylated hIgG1 Fc tag to the K562 cells expressing MfCD200R1 wasconfirmed by FACS. h10F6.V1 inhibited MfCD200-Fc binding to K562 cellsexpressing MfCD200R1 in a dose-dependent manner.

FIG. 30 depicts the mean and individual h10F6.V1 serum concentrationplotted in a semi-log plot. The lower limit of quantitation (LLOQ) ofthe assay was 0.06 μg/mL.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure provides antibodies, including humanizedantibodies, that specifically bind CD200R1 with high affinity andthereby inhibit, decrease, and/or fully block the function of CD200R1 asa cell surface receptor involved in immune regulation, particularly thefunction of CD200R1 as an inhibitor of lymphocyte (e.g., T cell and NKcell) activation. Accordingly, it is contemplated that any of thecompositions or formulations comprising an anti-CD200R1 antibody of thepresent disclosure can be used as therapeutics for treatment of diseasesmediated by the function of CD200R1 or its target ligand. CD200, such ascancers and viral infections. Further, it is contemplated that theanti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosure can be used as atherapeutic in combination with other therapeutics, such as antibodiesthat target immune checkpoint molecules including, but not limited to,PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, and CRTAM. Among the therapeuticscontemplated by the present disclosure is a bispecific antibodycomprising the anti-CD200R1 binding specificity of an antibody of thepresent disclosure and another binding specificity of an antibody to animmune checkpoint molecule such as PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3,and CRTAM.

Overview of Terminology and Techniques

For the descriptions herein and the appended claims, the singular forms“a”, and “an” include plural referents unless the context clearlyindicates otherwise. Thus, for example, reference to “a protein”includes more than one protein, and reference to “a compound” refers tomore than one compound. It is further noted that the claims may bedrafted to exclude any optional element. As such, this statement isintended to serve as antecedent basis for use of such exclusiveterminology as “solely,” “only” and the like in connection with therecitation of claim elements, or use of a “negative” limitation. The useof “comprise,” “comprises,” “comprising” “include,” “includes,” and“including” are interchangeable and not intended to be limiting. It isto be further understood that where descriptions of various embodimentsuse the term “comprising,” those skilled in the art would understandthat in some specific instances, an embodiment can be alternativelydescribed using language “consisting essentially of” or “consisting of.”

Where a range of values is provided, unless the context clearly dictatesotherwise, it is understood that each intervening integer of the value,and each tenth of each intervening integer of the value, unless thecontext clearly dictates otherwise, between the upper and lower limit ofthat range, and any other stated or intervening value in that statedrange, is encompassed within the invention. The upper and lower limitsof these smaller ranges may independently be included in the smallerranges, and are also encompassed within the invention, subject to anyspecifically excluded limit in the stated range. Where the stated rangeincludes one or both of the limits, ranges excluding (i) either or (ii)both of those included limits are also included in the invention. Forexample, “1 to 50,” includes “2 to 25,” “5 to 20,” “25 to 50,” “1 to10,” etc.

Generally, the nomenclature used herein and the techniques andprocedures described herein include those that are well understood andcommonly employed by those of ordinary skill in the art, such as thecommon techniques and methodologies described in Sambrook et al.,Molecular Cloning-A Laboratory Manual (2nd Ed.), Vols. 1-3, Cold SpringHarbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 1989 (hereinafter“Sambrook”); Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, F. M. Ausubel etal., eds., Current Protocols, a joint venture between Greene PublishingAssociates, Inc. and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (supplemented through 2011)(hereinafter “Ausubel”); Antibody Engineering, Vols. 1 and 2, R.Kontermann and S. Dubel, eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin and Heidelberg(2010); Monoclonal Antibodies: Methods and Protocols, V. Ossipow and N.Fischer, eds., 2nd Ed., Humana Press (2014); Therapeutic Antibodies:From Bench to Clinic. Z. An, ed., J. Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N.J. (2009);and Phage Display. Tim Clackson and Henry B. Lowman, eds., OxfordUniversity Press, United Kingdom (2004).

All publications, patents, patent applications, and other documentsreferenced in this disclosure are hereby incorporated by reference intheir entireties for all purposes to the same extent as if eachindividual publication, patent, patent application or other documentwere individually indicated to be incorporated by reference herein forall purposes.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used hereinhave the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill inthe art to which the present invention pertains. It is to be understoodthat the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describingparticular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. Forpurposes of interpreting this disclosure, the following description ofterms will apply and, where appropriate, a term used in the singularform will also include the plural form and vice versa.

“CD200R1” as used herein, refers to the cell surface transmembraneglycoprotein CD200 receptor 1, and encompasses the CD200R1 proteins ofhuman, cynomolgus monkey (herein referred to in some cases as “cyno”),rhesus monkey, and their various isoforms. Amino acid sequences ofvarious exemplary CD200R1 proteins and isoforms are known in the art andare provided in Table 2 below and the attached Sequence Listing.

“CD200R1 mediated condition” or “CD200R1 mediated disease,” as usedherein, encompasses any medical condition associated with the specificbinding of CD200R1 to a ligand (e.g., CD200). For example, specificbinding of CD200 expressed on cell surfaces to other cells expressingthe CD200R1 receptor can affect the binding of CD200 expressing cells toother immune regulatory molecules, which can alters activation oflymphocytes (e.g., T cells). Accordingly, CD200R1 mediated diseases caninclude, but are not limited to, any disease or condition mediated byand/or responsive to antagonists or inhibitors of binding betweenCD200R1 or CD200 expressing cells, and/or any disease or conditionresponsive to inhibition of immune checkpoint inhibitors, including butnot limited to cancers. Specific exemplary cancers are providedelsewhere herein.

“Immune checkpoint molecule,” as used herein, refers to a molecule thatfunctions to regulate an immune system pathway and thereby prevent itfrom attacking cells unnecessarily. Many immune checkpoint molecules,both inhibitory and co-stimulatory, are targets for immunotherapy (e.g.,with blocking antibodies to block immune inhibition or with agonists topromote immune stimulation) in the treatment of cancer and viralinfections. Exemplary immune checkpoint molecules targeted for cancerimmunotherapy include, but are not limited to, PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG,KIR, TIM-3, CRTAM, CTLA-4, BTLA, CD244, CD160, LIGHT, GITR, 4-1BB, OX40,CD27, TMIGD2, ICOS, CD40, CD47, SIRPa, NKG2D, NKG2A, TNFRSF25, CD33,CEA, Epcam, GPC3, CD73, CD83, CD39, TRAIL, CD226, and VISTA.

“Antibody,” as used herein, refers to a molecule comprising one or morepolypeptide chains that specifically binds to, or is immunologicallyreactive with, a particular antigen. Exemplary antibodies of the presentdisclosure include monoclonal antibodies, polyclonal antibodies,chimeric antibodies, humanized antibodies, human antibodies,multispecific (or heteroconjugate) antibodies (e.g., bispecificantibodies), monovalent antibodies (e.g., single-arm antibodies),multivalent antibodies, antigen-binding fragments (e.g., Fab′, F(ab′)₂,Fab, Fv, rIgG, and scFv fragments), antibody fusions, and syntheticantibodies (or antibody mimetics).

“Anti-CD200R1 antibody” or “antibody that binds CD200R1” refers to anantibody that binds CD200R1 with sufficient affinity such that theantibody is useful as a diagnostic and/or therapeutic agent in targetingCD200R1. In some embodiments, the extent of binding of an anti-CD200R1specific antibody to an unrelated, non-CD200R1 antigen is less thanabout 20%, less than about 15%, less than about 10%, or less than about5% of the binding of the antibody to CD200R1 as measured, e.g., by aradioimmunoassay (RIA) or surface plasmon resonance (SPR). In someembodiments, an antibody that binds to CD200R1 has a dissociationconstant (K_(D)) of <1 μM, <100 nM, <10 nM, <1 nM, <0.1 nM, <0.01 nM, or<1 pM (e.g., 10⁻⁸ M or less, e.g., from 10⁻⁸ M to 10⁻¹³ M, e.g., from10⁻⁹ M to 10⁻¹³ M).

“Full-length antibody,” “intact antibody,” or “whole antibody” are usedherein interchangeably to refer to an antibody having a structuresubstantially similar to a native antibody structure or having heavychains that contain an Fc region as defined herein.

“Antibody fragment” refers to a portion of a full-length antibody whichis capable of binding the same antigen as the full-length antibody.Examples of antibody fragments include, but are not limited to, Fv, Fab,Fab′, Fab′-SH, F(ab′)₂; diabodies; linear antibodies; monovalent, orsingle-armed antibodies; single-chain antibody molecules (e.g., scFv);and multispecific antibodies formed from antibody fragments.

“Class” of an antibody refers to the type of constant domain or constantregion possessed by its heavy chain. There are five major classes ofantibodies: IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG, and IgM, and several of these arefurther divided into subclasses (isotypes), e.g., IgG1, IgG2, IgG3,IgG4, IgA1, and IgA2. The heavy chain constant domains that correspondto the different classes of immunoglobulins are called α, δ, ε, γ, andμ, respectively.

“Variable region” or “variable domain” refers to the domain of anantibody heavy or light chain that is involved in binding the antibodyto antigen. The variable domains of the heavy chain and light chain(V_(H) and V_(L), respectively) of a native antibody generally havesimilar structures, with each domain comprising four conserved frameworkregions (FRs) and three hypervariable regions (HVRs) (see, e.g., Kindtet al., Kuby Immunology, 6^(th) ed., W.H. Freeman and Co., page 91). Asingle V_(H) or V_(L) domain may be sufficient to confer antigen-bindingspecificity. Furthermore, antibodies that bind a particular antigen maybe isolated using a V_(H) or V_(L) domain from an antibody that bindsthe antigen to screen a library of complementary V_(L) or V_(H) domains,respectively (see, e.g., Portolano et al., J. Immunol. 150:880-887(1993); Clarkson et al., Nature 352:624-628 (1991)).

“Hypervariable region” or “HVR,” as used herein, refers to each of theregions of an antibody variable domain which are hypervariable insequence and/or form structurally defined loops (“hypervariable loops”).Generally, native antibodies comprise four chains with six HVRs; threein the heavy chain variable domain, V_(H) (HVR-H1, HVR-H2, HVR-H3), andthree in the light chain variable domain, V_(L) (HVR-L1, HVR-L2,HVR-L3). The HVRs generally comprise amino acid residues from thehypervariable loops and/or from the “complementarity determiningregions” (CDRs). A number of hypervariable region delineations are inuse and are encompassed herein. The Kabat Complementarity DeterminingRegions (CDRs) are based on sequence variability and are the mostcommonly used (Kabat et al., Sequences of Proteins of ImmunologicalInterest, 5th Ed. Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health,Bethesda, Md. (1991)). Chothia refers instead to the location of thestructural loops (Chothia and Lesk J. Mol. Biol. 196:901-917 (1987)).The AbM hypervariable regions represent a compromise between the KabatCDRs and Chothia structural loops, and are used by Oxford Molecular'sAbM antibody modeling software. The “contact” hypervariable regions arebased on an analysis of the available complex crystal structures. Theresidues from each of these hypervariable regions are noted in the table1 below.

TABLE 1 CD200R1, CD200, and associated sequences Loop Kabat AbM ChothiaContact L1 L24-L34 L24-L34 L26-L32 L30-L36 L2 L50-L56 L50-L56 L50-L52L46-L55 L3 L89-L97 L89-L97 L91-L96 L89-L96 H1 H31-H35B¹ H26-H35B¹H26-H32¹ H30-H35B¹ H31-H35² H26-H35² H26-H32² H30-H35² H2 H50-H65H50-H58 H53-H55 H47-H58 H3 H95-H102 H95-H102 H96-H101 H93-H101 ¹Rabatnumbering ²Chothia numbering

Unless otherwise indicated, HVR residues and other residues in thevariable domain (e.g., FR residues) are numbered herein according toKabat et al., supra.

Hypervariable regions, as used herein, may include extended oralternative hypervariable regions as follows: 24-36 or 24-34 (L1), 46-56or 50-56 (L2) and 89-97 or 89-96 (L3) in the V_(L) domain and 26-35 or30-35 (H1), 50-61, 50-65 or 49-65 (H2) and 93-102, 94-102, or 95-102(H3) in the V_(H) domain. The variable domain residues are numberedaccording to Kabat et al., supra, for each of these definitions.

“Complementarity determining region,” or “CDR,” as used herein, refersto the regions within the HVRs of the variable domain which have thehighest sequence variability and/or are involved in antigen recognition.Generally, native antibodies comprise four chains with six CDRs; threein the heavy chain variable domains, V_(H) (H1, H2, H3), and three inthe light chain variable domains, V_(L) (L1, L2, L3). Exemplary CDRs(CDR-L1, CDR-L2, CDR-L3, CDR-H1, CDR-H2, and CDR-H3) occur at amino acidresidues 24-34 of L1, 50-56 of L2, 89-97 of L3, 31-35 of H1, 50-61 ofH2, and 95-102 of H3. (Numbering according to Kabat et al., supra).

“Framework” or “FR” refers to variable domain residues other thanhypervariable region (HVR) residues. The FR of a variable domaingenerally consists of four FR domains: FR1, FR2, FR3, and FR4.Accordingly, the HVR and FR sequences generally appear in the followingsequence in V_(H) (or V_(L)): FR1-H1(L1)-FR2-H2(L2)-FR3-H3(L3)-FR4.

“Native antibody” refers to a naturally occurring immunoglobulinmolecule. For example, native IgG antibodies are heterotetramericglycoproteins of about 150,000 Daltons, composed of two identical lightchains and two identical heavy chains that are disulfide-bonded. From N-to C-terminus, each heavy chain has a variable region (V_(H)), alsocalled a variable heavy domain or a heavy chain variable domain,followed by three constant domains (CH1, CH2, and CH3). Similarly, fromN- to C-terminus, each light chain has a variable region (V_(L)), alsocalled a variable light domain or a light chain variable domain,followed by a constant light (CL) domain. The light chain of an antibodymay be assigned to one of two types, called kappa (κ) and lambda (λ),based on the amino acid sequence of its constant domain.

“Monoclonal antibody” as used herein refers to an antibody obtained froma substantially homogeneous population of antibodies, i.e., theindividual antibodies comprising the population are identical and/orbind the same epitope, except for possible variant antibodies (e.g.,variant antibodies contain mutations that occur naturally or ariseduring production of a monoclonal antibody, and generally are present inminor amounts). In contrast to polyclonal antibody preparations, whichtypically include different antibodies directed against differentdeterminants (epitopes), each monoclonal antibody of a monoclonalantibody preparation is directed against a single determinant on anantigen. Thus, the term “monoclonal” indicates the character of theantibody as being obtained from a substantially homogeneous populationof antibodies and is not to be construed as requiring production of theantibody by any particular method. For example, the monoclonalantibodies to be used may be made by a variety of techniques, includingbut not limited to the hybridoma method, recombinant DNA methods,phage-display methods, and methods utilizing transgenic animalscontaining all or part of the human immunoglobulin loci, such methodsand other exemplary methods for making monoclonal antibodies beingdescribed herein.

“Chimeric antibody” refers to an antibody in which a portion of theheavy and/or light chain is derived from a particular source or species,while the remainder of the heavy and/or light chain is derived from adifferent source or species.

“Humanized antibody” refers to a chimeric antibody comprising amino acidsequences from non-human HVRs and amino acid sequences from human FRs.In certain embodiments, a humanized antibody will comprise substantiallyall of at least one, and typically two, variable domains, in which allor substantially all of the HVRs correspond to those of a non-humanantibody, and all or substantially all of the FRs correspond to those ofa human antibody. A humanized antibody optionally may comprise at leasta portion of an antibody constant region derived from a human antibody.A “humanized form” of an antibody, e.g., a non-human antibody, refers toan antibody that has undergone humanization.

“Human antibody” refers to an antibody which possesses an amino acidsequence corresponding to that of an antibody produced by a human or ahuman cell or derived from a non-human source that utilizes humanantibody repertoires or other human antibody-encoding sequences. Thisdefinition of a human antibody specifically excludes a humanizedantibody comprising non-human antigen-binding residues.

“Human consensus framework” is a framework which represents the mostcommonly occurring amino acid residues in a selection of humanimmunoglobulin V_(L) or V_(H) framework sequences. Generally, theselection of human immunoglobulin V_(L) or V_(H) sequences is from asubgroup of variable domain sequences. Generally, the subgroup ofsequences is a subgroup as in Kabat et al., Sequences of Proteins ofImmunological Interest, Fifth Edition, NIH Publication 91-3242, BethesdaMd. (1991), vols. 1-3. In some embodiments, for the V_(L), the subgroupis subgroup kappa I as in Kabat et al., supra. In some embodiments, forthe V_(H), the subgroup is subgroup III as in Kabat et al., supra.

“Acceptor human framework” as used herein is a framework comprising theamino acid sequence of a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) frameworkor a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H)) framework derived from a humanimmunoglobulin framework or a human consensus framework. An acceptorhuman framework “derived from” a human immunoglobulin framework or ahuman consensus framework may comprise the same amino acid sequencethereof, or it may contain amino acid sequence changes. In someembodiments, the number of amino acid changes are 10 or less, 9 or less,8 or less, 7 or less, 6 or less, 5 or less, 4 or less, 3 or less, or 2or less. In some embodiments, the V_(L) acceptor human framework isidentical in sequence to the V_(L) human immunoglobulin frameworksequence or human consensus framework sequence.

“Fc region,” refers to a dimer complex comprising the C-terminalpolypeptide sequences of an immunoglobulin heavy chain, wherein aC-terminal polypeptide sequence is that which is obtainable by papaindigestion of an intact antibody. The Fc region may comprise native orvariant Fc sequences. Although the boundaries of the Fc sequence of animmunoglobulin heavy chain may vary, the human IgG heavy chain Fcsequence is usually defined to stretch from an amino acid residue atabout position Cys226, or from about position Pro230, to thecarboxyl-terminus of the Fc sequence. However, the C-terminal lysine(Lys447) of the Fc sequence may or may not be present. The Fc sequenceof an immunoglobulin generally comprises two constant domains, a CH2domain and a CH3 domain, and optionally comprises a CH4 domain.

“Fc receptor” or “FcR,” refers to a receptor that binds to the Fc regionof an antibody. In some embodiments, an FcR is a native human FcR. Insome embodiments, an FcR is one which binds an IgG antibody (a gammareceptor) and includes receptors of the FcγRI, FcγRII, and FcγRIIIsubclasses, including allelic variants and alternatively spliced formsof those receptors. FcγRII receptors include FcγRIIA (an “activatingreceptor”) and FcγRIIB (an “inhibiting receptor”), which have similaramino acid sequences that differ primarily in the cytoplasmic domainsthereof. Activating receptor FcγRIIA contains an immunoreceptortyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) in its cytoplasmic domain.Inhibiting receptor FcγRIIB contains an immunoreceptor tyrosine-basedinhibition motif (ITIM) in its cytoplasmic domain, (see, e.g., Daeron,Annu. Rev. Immunol. 15:203-234 (1997)). FcR, as used herein, alsoincludes the neonatal receptor, FcRn, which is responsible for thetransfer of maternal IgGs to the fetus (Guyer et al, J. Immunol. 117:587 (1976) and Kim et al, J. Immunol. 24:249 (1994)) and regulationof homeostasis of immunoglobulins. FcRs are reviewed, for example, inRavetch and Kinet, Annu. Rev. Immunol 9:457-92 (1991); Capel et al,Immunomethods 4:25-34 (1994); and de Haas et al, J. Lab. Clin. Med.126:330-41 (1995).

“Multivalent antibody,” as used herein, is an antibody comprising threeor more antigen binding sites. The multivalent antibody is preferablyengineered to have the three or more antigen binding sites and isgenerally not a native sequence IgM or IgA antibody.

“Multispecific antibody” is an antibody having at least two differentbinding sites, each site with a different binding specificity. Amultispecific antibody can be a full length antibody or an antibodyfragment, and the different binding sites may bind each to a differentantigen or the different binding sites may bind to two differentepitopes of the same antigen.

“Fv fragment” refers to an antibody fragment which contains a completeantigen recognition and binding site. This region consists of a dimer ofone heavy and one light chain variable domain in tight association,which can be covalent in nature, for example in scFv. It is in thisconfiguration that the three HVRs of each variable domain interact todefine an antigen binding site on the surface of the V_(H)-V_(L) dimer.Collectively, the six HVRs or a subset thereof confer antigen bindingspecificity to the antibody. However, even a single variable domain (orhalf of an Fv comprising only three HVRs specific for an antigen) hasthe ability to recognize and bind antigen, although usually at a loweraffinity than the entire binding site.

“Fab fragment’ refers to an antibody fragment that contains a variableand constant domain of the light chain and a variable domain and thefirst constant domain (CH1) of the heavy chain. “F(ab′)₂ fragments”comprise a pair of Fab fragments which are generally covalently linkednear their carboxy termini by hinge cysteines between them. Otherchemical couplings of antibody fragments also are known in the art.

“Antigen binding arm,” as used herein, refers to a component of anantibody that has an ability to specifically bind a target molecule ofinterest. Typically the antigen binding arm is a complex ofimmunoglobulin polypeptide sequences, e.g., HVR and/or variable domainsequences of an immunoglobulin light and heavy chain.

“Single-chain Fv” or “scFv” refer to antibody fragments comprising theV_(H) and V_(L) domains of an antibody, wherein these domains arepresent in a single polypeptide chain. Generally, an Fv polypeptidefurther comprises a polypeptide linker between the V_(H) and V_(L)domains which enables the scFv to form the desired antigen bindingstructure.

“Diabodies” refers to small antibody fragments with two antigen-bindingsites, which fragments comprise a heavy chain variable domain (V_(H))connected to a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) in the samepolypeptide chain (V_(H) and V_(L)). By using a linker that is too shortto allow pairing between the two domains on the same chain, the domainsare forced to pair with the complementary domains of another chain andcreate two antigen-binding sites.

“Linear antibodies” refers to the antibodies described in Zapata et al.,Protein Eng., 8(10): 1057-1062 (1995). Briefly, these antibodiescomprise a pair of tandem Fd segments (VH-CH1-VH-CH1) which, togetherwith complementary light chain polypeptides, form a pair of antigenbinding regions. Linear antibodies can be bispecific or monospecific.

“Naked antibody” refers to an antibody that is not conjugated to aheterologous moiety (e.g., a cytotoxic moiety) or radiolabel.

“Affinity” refers to the strength of the sum total of noncovalentinteractions between a single binding site of a molecule (e.g., anantibody) and its binding partner (e.g., an antigen). “Binding affinity”refers to intrinsic binding affinity which reflects a 1:1 interactionbetween members of a binding pair (e.g., antibody and antigen). Theaffinity of a molecule X for its partner Y can generally be representedby the equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)). Affinity can bemeasured by common methods known in the art, including those describedherein. Specific illustrative and exemplary embodiments for measuringbinding affinity are described in the following.

“Binds specifically” or “specific binding” refers to binding of anantibody to an antigen with an affinity value of no more than about1×10⁻⁷ M. In some embodiments, an antibody may have a secondary affinityfor an antigen other than the antigen to which it binds specifically,where “secondary affinity” will generally refer to binding of anantibody to a secondary antigen with an affinity value of more thanabout 10 nM as described elsewhere herein. Where an antibody may have asecondary affinity for a secondary antigen, such an antibody willnevertheless bind specifically to the primary antigen.

“Affinity matured” antibody refers to an antibody with one or morealterations in one or more HVRs, compared to a parent antibody whichdoes not possess such alterations, such alterations resulting in animprovement in the affinity of the antibody for antigen.

“Functional antigen binding site” of an antibody is one which is capableof binding a target antigen. The antigen binding affinity of the antigenbinding site is not necessarily as strong as the parent antibody fromwhich the antigen binding site is derived, but the ability to bindantigen must be measurable using any one of a variety of methods knownfor evaluating antibody binding to an antigen.

“Isolated antibody” refers to an antibody which has been separated froma component of its natural environment. In some embodiments, an antibodyis purified to greater than 95% or 99% purity as determined by, forexample, electrophoretic (e.g., SDS-PAGE, isoelectric focusing (IEF),capillary electrophoresis) or chromatographic methods (e.g., ionexchange or reverse phase HPLC). For review of methods for assessment ofantibody purity, see, e.g., Flatman et al., J. Chromatogr. B 848:79-87.

“Substantially similar” or “substantially the same,” as used herein,refers to a sufficiently high degree of similarity between two numericvalues (for example, one associated with a test antibody and the otherassociated with a reference antibody), such that one of skill in the artwould consider the difference between the two values to be of little orno biological and/or statistical significance within the context of thebiological characteristic measured by said values (e.g., K_(D) values).

“Substantially different,” as used herein, refers to a sufficiently highdegree of difference between two numeric values (generally oneassociated with a molecule and the other associated with a referencemolecule) such that one of skill in the art would consider thedifference between the two values to be of statistical significancewithin the context of the biological characteristic measured by saidvalues (e.g., K_(D) values).

“Effector functions” refer to those biological activities attributableto the Fc region of an antibody, which vary with the antibody isotype.Examples of antibody effector functions include: C1q binding andcomplement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC); Fc receptor binding;antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC); phagocytosis; downregulation of cell surface receptors (e.g., B cell receptor); and B cellactivation.

“Immunoconjugate” refers to an antibody conjugated to one or moreheterologous molecule(s), including but not limited to a cytotoxicagent.

“Treatment,” “treat” or “treating” refers to clinical intervention in anattempt to alter the natural course of a disorder in the individualbeing treated, and can be performed either for prophylaxis or during thecourse of clinical pathology. Desired results of treatment can include,but are not limited to, preventing occurrence or recurrence of thedisorder, alleviation of symptoms, diminishment of any direct orindirect pathological consequences of the disorder, preventingmetastasis, decreasing the rate of progression, amelioration orpalliation of a disease state, and remission or improved prognosis. Forexample, treatment can include administration of a therapeuticallyeffective amount of pharmaceutical formulation comprising ananti-CD200R1 antibody to a subject to delay development or slowprogression of a disease or condition mediated by CD200R1 or disease orcondition in which CD200R1 may play a role in the pathogenesis and/orprogression.

“Pharmaceutical formulation” refers to a preparation in a form thatallows the biological activity of the active ingredient(s) to beeffective, and which contain no additional components which are toxic tothe subjects to which the formulation is administered. A pharmaceuticalformulation may include one or more active agents. For example, apharmaceutical formulation may include an anti-CD200R1 antibody as thesole active agent of the formulation or may include an anti-CD200R1antibody and one or more additional active agents, such as e.g., animmune checkpoint inhibitor.

By “sole active agent”, as used herein, is meant that the agent referredto is the only agent present in the formulation, or used in the therapy,that provides, or would be expected to provide, the relevantpharmacological effect to treat the subject for the condition,consistent with the description of “treatment” as provided herein. Apharmaceutical formulation comprising a sole active agent does notexclude the presence of one or more non-active agents, such as e.g., apharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in the formulation. A “non-activeagent” is an agent that would not be expected to provide, or otherwisesignificantly contribute to, the relevant pharmacological effectintended to treat the subject for the condition.

“Pharmaceutically acceptable carrier” refers to an ingredient in apharmaceutical formulation, other than an active ingredient, which isnontoxic to the subject to whom it is administered. A pharmaceuticallyacceptable carrier includes, but is not limited to, a buffer, excipient,stabilizer, or preservative.

“Therapeutically effective amount” refers to the amount of an activeingredient or agent (e.g., a pharmaceutical formulation) to achieve adesired therapeutic or prophylactic result, e.g., to treat or prevent adisease, disorder, or condition in a subject. In the case of a CD200R1mediated disease or condition, the therapeutically effective amount ofthe therapeutic agent is an amount that reduces, prevents, inhibits,and/or relieves to some extent one or more of the symptoms associatedwith the disease, disorder, or condition. For cancer therapy, efficacyin vivo can, for example, be measured by assessing the growth of aprimary tumor, occurrence and/or growth of secondary tumor(s),occurrence and/or number of metastases, duration, severity, and/orrecurrence of symptoms, the response rate (RR), duration of response,and/or quality of life.

“Concurrently,” as used herein, refers to administration of two or moretherapeutic agents, where at least part of the administration overlapsin time. Accordingly, concurrent administration includes a dosingregimen when the administration of one or more agent(s) continues afterdiscontinuing the administration of one or more other agent(s).

“Individual” or “subject” refers to a mammal, including but not limitedto, domesticated animals (e.g., cows, sheep, cats, dogs, and horses),primates (e.g., humans and non-human primates such as monkeys), rabbits,and rodents (e.g., mice and rats).

Detailed Description of Various Embodiments

I. CD200R1

Human CD200R1 (“hu-CD200R1”) is a transmembrane glycoprotein that isexpressed on the surface of cells, notably, myeloid cells and T cells.The hu-CD200R1 Uniprot sequence Q8TD46-1 encodes a 325 amino acidisoform referred to as isoform 1. The hu-CD200R1 Uniprot sequenceQ8TD46-4 encodes a 348 amino acid isoform referred to in as isoform 1.The predominantly observed hu-CD200R1 isoform in human populations,however, is a 348 amino acid sequence variant of UniProt sequenceQ8TD46-4 isoform 4 with a E335Q substitution. This variant of isoform 4(Q8TD46-4+E335Q) represents one of two major haplotypes that accountfor >99/6 of all individuals observed in the 1000 Genomes project(https://www.intenationalgenome.org/). This haplotype (referred toherein as “Alt”) is the most frequently observed in individuals ofEuropean ancestry with a frequency of 0.54. The other major haplotype(referred to herein as “Ref”) is observed in individuals of Europeanancestry with a frequency of 0.46 and corresponds with the human genomereference sequence. The Alt haplotype has the extracellular domain (ECD,amino acids 1-266) of the Q8TD46-4 sequence, and the intracellulardomain (ICD, amino acids 291-348) of the Q8TD46-4 sequence with theE335Q substitution. The Ref haplotype has the extracellular domain (ECD,amino acids 1-266) of Q8TD46-4 sequence with three substitutions, R112K,P144T and Q200H, and the intracellular domain (ICD, amino acids 291-348)of the Q8TD46-4 sequence.

A 240 amino acid segment of the hu-CD200R1-iso4 Alt and Ref haplotypeECD sequences (positions 27-266) are set forth herein as SEQ ID NO: 1and 2, respectively, in Table 2 below. A 215 amino acid segment ofhu-CD200R1-iso1 Alt and Ref haplotype ECD sequences (positions 29-243)are set forth herein as SEQ ID NO: 3 and 4, respectively, in Table 2below.

Recombinantly prepared segments of cyno-CD200R1 and rhesus CD200R1,analogous to hu-CD200R1 isoform 4 are set forth as SEQ ID NO: 5 and 6,respectively, in Table 2 below.

The hu-CD200R1 receptor target ligand, hu-CD200 protein can be found atUniprot P41217 and is set forth herein as SEQ ID NO: 7. Thecorresponding cyno-CD200R1 CD200 proteins are also provided herein asSEQ ID NO: 8. All CD200 polypeptides are a C-terminal fusion witheffectorless human IgG Fc as SEQ ID NO: 9.

Table 2 below provides a summary description of the sequences of thevarious CD200R1 and CD200 polypeptides of the present disclosure, andtheir sequence identifiers. The sequences also are included in theaccompanying Sequence Listing.

TABLE 2  CD200R1, CD200, and associated sequences SEQ ID Name SequenceNO: hu-CD200R1- AAQPNNSLMLQTSKENHALASSSLC 1 iso4-AltMDEKQITQNYSKVLAEVNTSWPVKM ECD ATNAVLCCPPIALRNLIIITWEIILRGQPSCTKAYRKETNETKETNCTDE RITWVSRPDQNSDLQIRPVAITHDGYYRCIMVTPDGNFHRGYHLQVLVTP EVTLFQNRNRTAVCKAVAGKPAAQISWIPEGDCATKQEYWSNGTVTVKST CHWEVHNVSTVTCHVSHLTGNKSLY IELLPVPGAKKSAKLhu-CD200R1- AAQPNNSLMLQTSKENHALASSSLC 2 iso4-RefMDEKQITQNYSKVLAEVNTSWPVKM ECD ATNAVLCCPPIALRNLIIITWEIILRGQPSCTKAYKKETNETKETNCTDE RITWVSRPDQNSDLQIRTVAITHDGYYRCIMVTPDGNFHRGYHLQVLVTP EVTLFQNRNRTAVCKAVAGKPAAHISWIPEGDCATKQEYWSNGTVTVKST CHWEVHNVSTVTCHVSHLTGNKSLY IELLPVPGAKKSAKLhu-CD200R1- MDEKQITQNYSKVLAEVNTSWPVKM 3 iso1-AltATNAVLCCPPIALRNLIIITWEIIL ECD RGQPSCTKAYRKETNETKETNCTDERITWVSRPDQNSDLQIRPVAITHDG YYRCIMVTPDGNFHRGYHLQVLVTPEVTLFQNRNRTAVCKAVAGKPAAQI SWIPEGDCATKQEYWSNGTVTVKSTCHWEVHNVSTVTCHVSHLTGNKSLY IELLPVPGAKKSAKL hu-CD200R1-MDEKQITQNYSKVLAEVNTSWPVKM 4 iso1-Ref ATNAVLCCPPIALRNLIIITWEIIL ECDRGQPSCTKAYKKETNETKETNCTDE RITWVSRPDQNSDLQIRTVAITHDGYYRCIMVTPDGNFHRGYHLQVLVTP EVTLFQNRNRTAVCKAVAGKPAAHISWIPEGDCATKQEYWSNGTVTVKST CHWEVHNVSTVTCHVSHLTGNKSLY IELLPVPGAKKSAKLcyno-CD200R1 AAQSNNSLMLQTSKENHTLASNSLC 5 ECD MDEKQITQNHSKVLAEVNISWPVQM(UniProt ARNAVLCCPPIEFRNLIVITWEIIL G7NZT0; RGQPSCTKTYRKDTNETKETNCTDEpositions RITWVSTPDQNSDLQIHPVAITHDG 27-267) YYRCIMATPDGNFHRGYHLQVLVTPEVTLFESRNRTAVCKAVAGKPAAQI SWIPAGDCAPTEQEYWGNGTVTVKSTCHWEGHNVSTVTCHVSHLTGNKSL YIELLPVPGAKKSAKL rhesus-AAQSNNSLMLQTSKENHTLASNSLC 6 CD200R1 MDEKQITQNHSKVLAEVNISWPVQM ECDARNAVLCCPPIEFRNLIVITWEIIL (UniProt RGQPSCTKSYRKETNETKETNCTDE F7EF72;RITWVSTPDQNSDLQIYPVAITHDG positions YYRCIMATPDGNFHRGYHLQVLVTP 27-267)EVTLFESRNRTAVCKAVAGKPAAQI SWIPAGDCAPTEQEYWGNGTVTVKSTCHWEGHNVSTVTCHVSHLTGNKSL YIELLPVPGAKKSAKL hu-CD200MERLVIRMPFSHLSTYSLVWVMAAV 7 (Uniprot: VLCTAQVQVVTQDEREQLYTPASLK P41217)CSLQNAQEALIVTWQKKKAVSPENM VTFSENHGVVIQPAYKDKINITQLGLQNSTITFWNITLEDEGCYMCLFNT FGFGKISGTACLTVYVQPIVSLHYKFSEDHLNITCSATARPAPMVFWKVP RSGIENSTVTLSHPNGTTSVTSILHIKDPKNQVGKEVICQVLHLGTVTDF KQTVNKG cyno-CD200 MERLVIRMPFCHLSTYSLVWGMAAV 8(Uniprot: VLCAAQVQVVTQDEREQLYTPASLR AOA2K5TQS2)CSLQNAQEVLIVTWQKKKAVSPENM VTFSENHGVVIQPAYKDKINITQLGLQNTTITFWNITLEDEGCYMCLFNT FGSGKISGTACLTVYVQPIVSLHYKYSEDHLNITCSATARPAPMIFWKVP RSGFENSTVTQSHPNGTTSVTSILHVKDPKNQVGKEVICQVLHLGTVTDF KQTFDKG human IgG  GGSGSGTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLF 9Fc N297G PPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSH EDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKE YKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCL VKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQ QGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSL SPG

II. Anti-CD200R1 Antibodies

In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides structures ofanti-CD200R1 antibodies in terms of the amino acid and encodingnucleotide sequences of the various well-known immunoglobulin features(e.g., HVRs, FRs, V_(H), V_(L) domains, and full-length heavy and lightchains). Table 3 below provides a summary description of anti-CD200R1antibody sequences of the present disclosure, and their sequenceidentifiers. The sequences are included in the accompanying SequenceListing.

TABLE 3 Anti-CD200R1 antibody sequences SEQ ID Description Sequence NO:10F6 (mAb1)-VL DIVLTQSPPSLAVSLGQRATMSCRASESVDYSGNSFMHWFQQKAGQPPKL 10LIYRASNLESGIPARFSGSGSRTDFTLTINPLEADDVATYYCHQSNEDPP TFGGGTKLEMK10F6-HVR-L1 RASESVDYSGNSFMH 11 h10F6-HVR-L1 h10F6.V2-HVR-L1h10F6.V3-HVR-L1 (VL positions 24-34) 10F6-HVR-L2 RASNLES 12 h10F6-HVR-L2h10F6.V2-HVR-L2 h10F6.V3-HVR-L2 (VL positions 50-56) 10F6-HVR-L3IIQSNEDFFT 13 h10F6-HVR-L3 h10F6.V2-HVR-L3 h10F6.V3-HVR-L3 (VL positions89-97) 10F6-VH QVQLKESGPGLVAPSQSLSITCTVSGFSLTNYAVSWVRQPPGKGLEWLGV 14MWAGGGTNYNSVFKSRLTISKDNSKSQVFLKMNSLQTDDTARYYCARERP LTGVMDYWGQGTSVTVSS10F6-HVR-H1 TNYAVS 15 h10F6-HVR-H1 (VH positions 30-35) 10F6-HVR-H2VMWAGGGTNYNS 16 h10F6-HVR-H2 (VH positions 50-61) 10F6-HVR-H3ARERPLTGVMDY 17 h10F6-HVR-H3 (VH positions  93-102) 9B8-VLQIVLTQSPALTSASPGEKVTMTCSASSSVSYMYWFQQKPRSSPKPWIYLT 18SKLASGVPARFSGSGSGTSYSLTISSMEAEDAATYYCQQWSSYPLTFGAG TKLELK 9B8-HVR-L1SASSSVSYMY 19 (VL positions 24-34) 9B8-HVR-L2 LTSKLAS 20 (VL positions50-56) 9B8-HVR-L3 QQWSSYPLT 21 (VL positions 89-97) 9B8-VHEVQLQQSGTVLVRPGASVKLSCTASGFNIKDDYMHWVKQRPEQGLEWIGR 22IDPANDNTKYAPKFQDRATITADTSSNTAYLQLSSLTSEDTAVYYCTRVE GRTGTYFDYWGQGTTLTVSS9B8-HVR-H1 KDDYMH 23 (VH positions 30-35) 9B8-HVR-H2 RIDPANDNTKYAP 24(VH positions  50-61) 9B8-HVR-H3 TRVEGRTGTYFDY 25 (VH positions 93-102)5D1-VL DVQITQSPSYLAASPGETITINCRASKSISKYLAWYQEKPGKTNKFLIYS 26GSTLQSGIPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAMYYCQQYNEYPWTFGG GTKLEIK 5D1-HVR-L1RASKSISKYLA 27 (VL positions 24-34) 5D1-HVR-L2 SGSTLQS 28 (VL positions50-56) 5D1-HVR-L3 QQYNEYPWT 29 (VL positions 89-97) 5D1-VHEVQLQQSGAELVRPGASVKLSCTASGFNIKDDYMHWVKQRPEQGLEWIGR 30IDPENGNTKYGPKFQDKATITADTSSNTAYLQFSSLTSEDTAVYYCTRQLGLRRVWYALDYWGQGTSVTVSS 5D1-HVR-H1 KDDYMH 31 (VH positions 30-35)5D1-HVR-H2 RIDPENGNTKYGP 32 (VH positions 50-61) 5D1-HVR-H3TRQLGLRRVWYALDY 33 (VH positions 93-102) 10A2-VLDVQITQSPSYLAASPGETITINCRASKSISKYLAWYQEKPGKTNKLLIYS 34GSTLQSGIPSRFSGSGSVTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAMYYCQQYNEYPWTFGG GTKLEIK 10A2-HVR-L1RASKSISKYLA 35 (VL positions 24-34) 10A2-HVR-L2 SGSTLQS 36 (VL positions50-56) 10A2-HVR-L3 QQYNEYPWT 37 (VL positions 89-97) 10A2-VI3EVQLQQSGAEFVRPGASVKLSCTTSGFYIKDDYIHWVKQRPEQGLEWIGR 38IDPANGNTKYAPKFQDKATITADTSSNTAYLQLSRLTSEDTAVYYCARQLGLRRTWYSLDYWGQGTSVTVSS 10A2-HVR-H1 KDDYIH 39 (VH positions 30-35)10A2-HVR-H2 RIDPANGNTKYAP 40 (VH positions 50-61) I0A2-HVR-H3ARQLGLRRTWYSLDY 41 (VH positions 93-102) 1F3-VLDVQMIQSPSSLSASLGDKVTMTCQASHTINLNWFQQKPGKAPKLLIYGTS 42NLEDGVPPRFSGSGYGTDFTLTISSLEDEDMATYFCLQHTYLPWTFGGGT KLEIK 1F3-HVR-L2QASHTINLN 43 (VL positions 24-34) 1F3-HVR-L2 GTSNLED 44 (VL positions50-56) 1F3-HVR-L3 LQHTYLPWT 45 (VL positions 89-97) 1F3-VHEVQLQQSGAEFVRPGASVRLSCTTSGFYIKDDYIHWVKQRPEQGLEWIGR 46IDPANGNTKYAPKFQDKATITADTSSNTAYLQLNSLTSEDTAVYYCTRQLGLRRTWYAMDYWGQGTSVTVSS 1F3-HVR-H1 KDDYIH 47 (VH positions 30-35)1F3-HVR-H2 RIDPANGNTKYAP 48 (VH positions 50-61) 1F3-HVR-H3TRQLGLRRTWYAMDY 49 (VH positions 93-102) 11E4-VLDVQMIQSPSSLSASLGDKVTMTCQASHTINLNWFQQKPGKAPKLLIYGTS 50NLEDGVPPRFSGSGYGTDFTLTISSLEDEDMATYFCLQHTYLPWTFGGGT KLEIK 11E4-HVR-L2QASHTINLN 51 (VL positions 24-34) 11E4-HVR-L2 GTSNLED 52 (VL positions50-56) 11E4-HVR-L3 LQHTYLPWT 53 (VL positions 89-97) 11E4-VHEVQLQQSGTVLARPGASVKMSCEASGYTFTSYWMHWVKQSPGQGLEWVGA 54IYPGNSDTNYNQKFKGKAKLTAVTSASTAYMELSSLTNEDSAVYYCTTAV GSYWGQGTLVTVSA11E4-HVR-H1 TSYWMH 55 (VH positions 30-35) 11E4-HVR-H2 AIYPGNSDTNYNQ 56(VH positions 50-61) 11E4-HVR-H3 TTAVGSY 57 (VH positions 93-102)22.1-VL DIVLTQSPASLAVSLGQRATISCRASKSVSTSGYSYMHWYQQKPGQPPKL 58LIYLASNLESGVPVRFSGSGSGTDFTLNIHPVEEEDAATYYCQHNRELLT FGAGTKLELK22.1-HVR-L2 RASKSVSTSGYSYMH 59 (VL positions 24-34) 22.1-HVR-L2 LASNLES60 (VL positions 50-56) 22.1-HVR-L3 QHNRELLT 61 (VL positions 89-97)22.1-VH EVQLQQSGPELVKPGASVKMSCKASGYTFTSYVMFWVKQKPGQGLEWIGY 62INPYNDDTKYNEKFKGKATLTSDKSSSTAYMELSSLTSEDSAVYYCARED YYGSRFVYWGQGTLVTVSS22.1-HVR-H1 TSYVMF 63 (VH positions 30-35) 22.1-HVR-H2 YINPYNDDTKYNE 64(VH positions 50-61) 22.1-HVR-H3 AREDYYGSRFVYW 65 (VH positions 93-102)h10F6- DIVLTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINCRASESVDYSGNSFMHWFQQKPGQPPKL 66VL h10F6.V2- LIYRASNLESGIPDRFSGSGSRTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYYCHQSNEDPP VLTFGGGTKVEIK h10F6.V3-VL h10F6-VHEVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGFSLTNYAVSWVRQPPGKGLEWLGV 67MWAGGGTNYNSVFKSRLTISKDNSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVYYCARERP LTGVMDYWGQGTLVTVSSh10F6-LC MGWSCIILFLVATATGVHSDIVLTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINCRASESVDY 68h10F6.V2-LC SGNSFMHWFQQKPGQPPKLLIYRASNLESGIPDRFSGSGSRTDFTLTISSh10F6.V3-LC LQAEDVAVYYCHQSNEDPPTFGGGTKVEIKRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGEC h10F6-HCMGWSCIILFLVATATGVHSEVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGFSLTN 69YAVSWVRQPPGKGLEWLGVMWAGGGTNYNSVFKSRLTISKDNSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVYYCARERPLTGVMDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAAGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEA LHNHYTQKSLSLSPGh10F6-C-Lys- MGWSCIILFLVATATGVHSEVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGFSLTN 70 HCYAVSWVRQPPGKGLEWLGVMWAGGGTNYNSVFKSRLTISKDNSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVYYCARERPLTGVMDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAAGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEA LHNHYTQKSLSLSPGKh10F6.V1-LC MGWSCIILFLVATATGVHSDIVLTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINCRASESVDY 71h10F6.V4-LC SGNSFMHWFQQKPGQPPKLLIYRASNLESGIPDRFSGSGSRTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYYCHQSNWDPPTFGGGTKVEIKRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGEC h10F6.V1-C-MGWSCIILFLVATATGVHSEVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGFSLTN 72 Lys-HCYRVSWVRQPPGKGLEWLGVMYAGGGTNYNSVFKSRLTISKDNSKNQVSLK h10F6.V3-C-Lys-LSSVTAADTAVYYCARERPLTGVMDNWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAP HCSSKSTSGGTAAGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSWTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVWDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRWSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEA LHNHYTQKSLSLSPGKh10F6.V2-C-Lys- MGWSCIILFLVATATGVHSEVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGFSLTN 73 HCYWVSWVRQPPGKGLEWLGTMWAGGGTNYNSVFKSRLTISKDNSKNQVSLK h10F6.V4-C-Lys-LSSVTAADTAVYYCARERPLTGPMDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAP HCSSKSTSGGTAAGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEA LHNHYTQKSLSLSPGKh22.1-FL-LC MGWSCIILFLVATATGVHSDIQLTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASKSVST 74SGYSYMHWYQQKPGKPPKLLIYLASNLESGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQHNRELLTFGGGTKVEIKRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGEC h22.1-FL-HCMGWSCIILFLVATATGVHSEVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTS 75YVMFWVRQAPGQRLEWIGYINPYNDDTKYNEKFKGRATLTSDKSASTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCAREDYYGSRFVYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMH EALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGh10F6.V1-VL DIVLTQSPDSLAVSLGERATINCRASESVDYSGNSFMHWFQQKPGQPPKL 76h10F6.V4-VL LIYRASNLESGIPDRFSGSGSRTDFTLTISSLQAEDVAVYYCHQSNWDPPTFGGGTKVEIK h10F6.V1-HVR-L1 RASESVDYSGNSFMH 77 h10F6-HVR-L1h10F6.V4-HVR-L1 (VL positions 24-34) h10F6.V1-HVR-L2 RASNLES 78h10F6-HVR-L2 h10F6.V4-HVR-L2 (VL positions 50-56) h10F6.V1-HVR-L3HQSNWDPPT 79 h10F6.V4-HVR-L3 (VL positions 89-97) h10F6.V1-VHEVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGFSLTNYRVSWVRQPPGKGLEWLGV 80 h10F6.V3-VHMYAGGGTNYNSVFKSRLTISKDNSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVYYCARERP LTGVMDNWGQGTLVTVSSh10F6.V1-HVR-H1 TNYRVS 81 h10F6.V3-HVR-H1 (VH positions 30-35)h10F6.V1-HVR-H2 VMYAGGGTNYNS 82 h10F6.V3-HVR-H2 (VH positions 50-61)h10F6.V1-HVR-H3 ARERPLTGVMDN 83 h10F6.V3-HVR-H3 (VL positions 93-102)h10F6.V2-VH EVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGFSLTNYWVSWVRQPPGKGLEWLGT 84h10F6.V4-VH MWAGGGTNYNSVFKSRLTISKDNSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVYYCARERPLTGPMDYWGQGTLVTVSS h10F6.V2-HVR-H1 TNYWVS 85 h10F6.V4-HVR-H1(VH positions 30-35) h10F6.V2-HVR-H2 TMWAGGGTNYNS 86 h10F6.V4-HVR-H2(VH positions 50-61) h10F6.V2-HVR-H3 ARERPLTGPMDY 87 h10F6.V4-HVR-H3(VH positions 93-102) h10F6.V1-HCMGWSCIILFLVATATGVHSEVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGFSL 88 h10F6.V3-HCTNYRVSWVRQPPGKGLEWLGVMYAGGGTNYNSVFKSRLTISKDNSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVYYCARERPLTGVMDNWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAAGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG h10F6.V2-HCMGWSCIILFLVATATGVHSEVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGFSL 89 h10F6.V4-HCTNYWVSWVRQPPGKGLEWLGTMWAGGGTNYNSVFKSRLTISKDNSKNQVSLKLSSVTAADTAVYYCARERPLTGPMDYWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAAGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYGSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPG

1. Binding Affinity, Blocking, and Cell-Signaling Inhibition ofAnti-CD200R1 Antibodies

In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibodies provided herein have anequilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) for binding to CD200R1 of <100nM, <10 nM, <1 nM, <0.1 nM, <0.01 nM, or <0.001 nM (e.g., 10⁻⁸ M orless, from 10⁻⁸ M to 10⁻¹³ M, e.g., from 10⁻⁹M to 10⁻¹³ M).

In some embodiments, the binding affinity is measured by equilibriumdissociation constant (K_(D)) to a hu-CD200R1 isoform/haplotypepolypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3, and/or 4. In some embodiments, theanti-CD200R1 is capable of binding with an affinity of an equilibriumdissociation constant (K_(D)) for binding to CD200R1 of <100 nM, <10 nM,<1 nM, <0.1 nM, <0.01 nM, or <0.001 nM (e.g., 10⁻⁸ M or less, from 10⁻⁸M to 10⁻³¹ M, e.g., from 10⁻⁹ M to 10⁻¹³ M) to all four hu-CD200R1isoform/haplotype polypeptides of SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3, and 4. In at leastone embodiment, the anti-CD200R1 is capable of binding with comparable(e.g., within 20%) or equivalent affinity in the range of 10⁻¹³ M orless to the hu-CD200R1 polypeptides of SEQ ID NO: 1 and 2.

In at least one embodiment, the anti-CD200R1 antibody is characterizedby binding to hu-CD200R1-iso4 and hu-CD200R1-iso1 with a bindingaffinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, 1×10⁻⁹ M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰M or less, or1×10⁻¹¹ M or less. In some embodiments, wherein the binding affinity ismeasured by equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to ahu-CD200R1-iso4 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 and/or 2, and ahu-CD200R1-iso1 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 3 and/or 4.

In at least one embodiment, the anti-CD200R1 antibody is characterizedby binding to hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt and hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref with a bindingaffinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, 1×10⁻⁹M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or less, or1×10⁻¹¹ M or less. In some embodiments, wherein the binding affinity ismeasured by equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to ahu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1, and ahu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2.

It is contemplated that the various anti-CD200R1 antibodies generated asdisclosed herein include antibodies capable of high-affinity binding tocyno-CD200R1, and/or to both hu-CD200R1 and cyno-CD200R1. Morespecifically, in some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibodies of thepresent disclosure bind to cyno-CD200R1 with a binding affinity of1×10⁻⁸M or less, 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or less, or 1×10⁻¹¹ M orless. In some embodiments, the binding affinity is measured as theequilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) for binding to the hu-CD200R1polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 5. In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1antibodies of the present disclosure bind to cyno-CD200R1 with a bindingaffinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, 1×10⁻⁹ M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or less, or1×10⁻¹¹ M or less. In some embodiments, the binding affinity is measuredas the equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) for binding to thecyno-CD200R1 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 5. In some embodiments, theanti-CD200R1 antibodies of the present disclosure bind to bothhu-CD200R1 and cy-CD200R1 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less,1×10⁻⁹ M or less, 1×10⁻¹⁰ M or less, or 1×10⁻¹¹ M or less. In someembodiments, the binding affinity is measured as the equilibriumdissociation constant (K_(D)) for binding to a hu-CD200R1 polypeptide ofSEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3, or 4, and a cyno-CD200R1 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:5.

Generally, binding affinity of a ligand to its receptor can bedetermined using any of a variety of assays and expressed in terms of avariety of quantitative values. Specific CD200R1 binding assays usefulin determining affinity of the antibodies are disclosed in the Examplesherein. Additionally, antigen binding assays are known in the art andcan be used herein including without limitation any direct orcompetitive binding assays using techniques such as western blots,radioimmunoassays, enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA),“sandwich” immunoassays, surface plasmon resonance based assay (such asthe BIAcore assay as described in WO2005/012359), immunoprecipitationassays, fluorescent immunoassays, protein A immunoassays, flowcytometric and fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) assays, andthe like.

Accordingly, in some embodiments, the binding affinity is expressed asK_(D) values and reflects intrinsic binding affinity (e.g., withminimized avidity effects). The anti-CD200R1 antibodies of the presentdisclosure exhibit strong binding affinities for the extracellulardomains of the four distinct CD200R1 isoform/haplotype combinations thatare predominant in humans: hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt (SEQ ID NO: 1);hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref (SEQ ID NO: 2); hu-CD200R1-iso1-Alt (SEQ ID NO: 3);and hu-CD200R1-iso1-Ref (SEQ ID NO: 4). The extracellular domains ofthese four isoforms four hu-CD200R1 polypeptides of SEQ ID NOs: 1-4,exhibit K_(D) values of between 10 nM and 1 pM. Accordingly,anti-CD200R1 antibodies of the present disclosure may compete withantibodies having lower affinity for the same or overlapping epitopes ofCD200R1.

In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibodies provided hereindecrease, inhibit, and/or fully-block binding of CD200 to CD200R1, andthereby block immune regulation and/or immune signaling mediated byCD200R1, including the activation of T cells. The ability of theantibodies to inhibit these immune regulatory and/or immune signalingpathways mediated by CD200R1-expressing cells binding toCD200-expressing cells can be assayed in vitro using known cell-basedassays including the various cell-based assays described in the Examplesof the present disclosure. Accordingly, in some embodiments, the CD200R1antibodies of the present disclosure are characterized by one or more offollowing functional properties based on the ability to decrease,inhibit, and/or fully-block cellular signaling pathways mediated byCD200R1 binding to CD200.

In at least one embodiment, the CD200R1 antibody of the presentdisclosure blocks hu-CD200-Fc binding to hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt (SEQ ID NO:1), hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref (SEQ ID NO: 2), hu-CD200R1-iso1-Alt (SEQ ID NO:3), and hu-CD200R1-iso1-Ref (SEQ ID NO: 4) measured by ELISA with anIC₅₀ of 10 nM or less, 7 nM or less, 5 nM or less, 2 nM or less, or 1 nMor less.

In at least one embodiment, the CD200R1 antibody of the presentdisclosure blocks hu-CD200-Fc binding to hu-CD200R1 expressed on a cellwith an IC₅₀ of 2.5 nM or less, 1 nM or less, or 0.5 nM or less;optionally, wherein the cell is a U937 cell stably expressinghu-CD200R1.

In at least one embodiment, the CD200R1 antibody of the presentdisclosure blocks CD200 binding to CD200R1 expressed on a human T cellwith an antibody ICs concentration of 10 nM or less, 5 nM or less, 1 nMor less, or 0.1 nM or less; optionally, wherein the cell is a CD8+T-cell or a CD4+ T-cell.

In at least one embodiment, the CD200R1 antibody of the presentdisclosure binds to human T-cells with an EC₅₀ of 2.5 nM or less, 1 nMor less, or 0.5 nM or less; optionally, wherein the human T-cells areCD4+ T-cells or CD8+ T-cells.

In at least one embodiment, the CD200R1 antibody of the presentdisclosure increases IFNγ production from human tumor cells by at least1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, or more, with an antibody concentration of100 nM or less, 50 nM or less, or 10 nM or less; optionally, wherein thetumor cell type is selected from colorectal, endometrial, lung,melanoma, ovarian, pancreatic, or prostate.

In at least one embodiment, the CD200R1 antibody increases IFNγ and/orIL-2 production from CD200-Fc coated human T cells relative to IgGcontrol by at least 1.2-fold, 1.5-fold, 2-fold, or more.

In at least one embodiment, the CD200R1 antibody increases activation ofCD4+ T-cells and/or Cd8+ T-cells by at least 1.5-fold, at least 2-fold,at least 2.5-fold, at least 3-fold or more.

In at least one embodiment, the CD200R1 antibody blocks NFkβtranscription induced by binding between CD200 and CD200R1 expressingcell-lines; optionally, wherein the cell lines are a CD200R1-expressingK562 reporter cells and CD200-expressing 293T cells.

In at least one embodiment, the CD200R1 antibodies of the presentdisclosure are capable of blocking CD200R1-mediated cell-signaling andnot act as an agonist of CD200R1 activity, or otherwise inadvertentlyagonize CD200R1 signaling. One experimental measure of induction ofCD200R1 agonist activity is the induction of pDok2 activity in cellstreated with CD200. Accordingly, in at least one embodiment, theanti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosure blocks induction ofpDok2 activity in U937 monocytic cell lines treated with solubleCD200-Fc.

2. Antibody Fragments

In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosurecan be an antibody fragment. Antibody fragments useful with the bindingdeterminants the present disclosure include, but are not limited to,Fab, Fab′, Fab′-SH, F(ab′)₂, Fv, scFv fragments, monovalent, singledomain antibody, one-armed or single-arm antibody, and other fragmentsdescribed herein and known in the art. Accordingly, in some embodimentsof the anti-CD200R1 antibodies of the present disclosure, the antibodyis an antibody fragment selected from the group consisting of F(ab′)₂,Fab′, Fab, Fv, single domain antibody (VHH), single-arm antibody, andscFv.

For a review of various antibody fragments, see e.g., Hudson et al. Nat.Med. 9: 129-134 (2003). For a review of scFv fragments, see, e.g.,Pluckthun, in The Pharmacology of Monoclonal Antibodies, vol. 113.Rosenburg and Moore eds., (Springer-Verlag, New York), pp. 269-315(1994); see also WO93/16185; and U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,571,894 and 5,587,458.For a description of Fab and F(ab′)₂ fragments comprising salvagereceptor binding epitope residues and having increased in vivohalf-life, see U.S. Pat. No. 5,869,046. Other monovalent antibody formsare described in, e.g., WO2007/048037, WO2008/145137, WO2008/145138, andWO2007/059782. Monovalent, single-armed antibodies are described, e.g.,in WO2005/063816. Diabodies are antibody fragments with twoantigen-binding sites that may be bivalent or bispecific (see e.g.,EP0404097; WO93/01161; Hudson et al., Nat. Med. 9: 129-134 (2003); andHollinger et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90: 6444-6448 (1993)).

In some embodiments, the antibody fragments are single-domain antibodieswhich comprise all or a portion of the heavy chain variable domain orall or a portion of the light chain variable domain of an antibody. Insome embodiments, a single-domain antibody is a human single-domainantibody (Domantis, Inc., Waltham, Mass.; see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No.6,248,516).

Antibody fragments can be made by various techniques, including but notlimited to proteolytic digestion of an intact antibody as well asproduction by recombinant host cells (e.g., E. coli or phage), asdescribed herein.

3. Chimeric and Humanized Antibodies

In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosurecan be a chimeric antibody. (See e.g., chimeric antibodies as describedin U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,567; and Morrison et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.USA, 81:6851-6855 (1984)). In one embodiment, a chimeric antibodycomprises a non-human variable region (e.g., a variable region derivedfrom a mouse, rat, hamster, rabbit, or non-human primate, such as amonkey) and a human constant region. In some embodiments, a chimericantibody is a “class switched: antibody in which the class or subclasshas been changed from that of the parent antibody. It is contemplatedthat chimeric antibodies can include antigen-binding fragments thereof.

In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosureis a humanized antibody. Typically, a non-human antibody is humanized toreduce immunogenicity to humans, while retaining the specificity andaffinity of the parental non-human antibody. Generally, a humanizedantibody comprises one or more variable domains in which HVRs, CDRs, (orportions thereof) are derived from a non-human antibody, and FRs (orportions thereof) are derived from human antibody sequences. A humanizedantibody optionally will also comprise at least a portion of a humanconstant region. In some embodiments, some FR residues in a humanizedantibody are substituted with corresponding residues from a non-humanantibody (e.g., the antibody from which the CDR residues are derived) torestore or improve antibody specificity or affinity.

Humanized antibodies and methods of making them are reviewed, e.g., inAlmagro and Fransson, Front. Biosci. 13: 1619-1633 (2008), and arefurther described, e.g., in Riechmann et al., Nature 332:323-329 (1988);Queen et al., Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA 86: 10029-10033 (1989); U.S.Pat. Nos. 5,821,337, 7,527,791, 6,982,321, and 7,087,409; Kashmiri etal, Methods 36:25-34 (2005) (describing SDR (a-HVR) grafting); Padlan,Mol. Immunol. 28:489-498 (1991) (describing “resurfacing”); Dall'Acquaet al., Methods 36:43-60 (2005) (describing “FR shuffling”); and Osbournet al., Methods 36:61-68 (2005) and Klimka et al., Br. J. Cancer,83:252-260 (2000) (describing the “guided selection” approach to FRshuffling).

Human framework regions that may be used for humanization include butare not limited to: framework regions selected using the “best-fit”method (see, e.g., Sims et al. J. Immunol. 151:2296 (1993)); frameworkregions derived from the consensus sequence of human antibodies of aparticular subgroup of light or heavy chain variable regions (see, e.g.,Carter et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 89:4285 (1992); and Presta etal. J. Immunol, 151:2623 (1993)); human mature (somatically mutated)framework regions or human germline framework regions (see, e.g.,Almagro and Fransson, Front. Biosci. 13: 1619-1633 (2008)); andframework regions derived from screening FR libraries (see, e.g., Bacaet al., J. Biol. Chem. 272: 10678-10684 (1997) and Rosok et al., J.Biol. Chem. 271:2261 1-22618 (1996)).

4. Human Antibodies

In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosurecan be a human antibody. Human antibodies can be produced using varioustechniques known in the art. Human antibodies are described generally invan Dijk and van de Winkel, Curr. Opin. Pharmacol. 5: 368-74 (2001) andLonberg, Curr. Opin. Immunol. 20:450-459 (2008). Human antibodies may beprepared by administering an immunogen to a transgenic animal that hasbeen modified to produce intact human antibodies or intact antibodieswith human variable regions in response to antigenic challenge. Suchanimals typically contain all or a portion of the human immunoglobulinloci, which replace the endogenous immunoglobulin loci, or which arepresent extrachromosomally or integrated randomly into the animal'schromosomes. In such transgenic mice, the endogenous immunoglobulin locihave generally been inactivated. For review of methods for obtaininghuman antibodies from transgenic animals, see Lonberg, Nat. Biotech.23:1117-1125 (2005). See also, e.g., XENOMOUSE™ technology in U.S. Pat.Nos. 6,075,181 and 6,150,584; HUMAB® technology in U.S. Pat. No.5,770,429; K-M MOUSE® technology in U.S. Pat. No. 7,041,870; andVELOCIMOUSE® technology in U.S. Pat. Appl. Pub. No. US 2007/0061900).Human variable regions from intact antibodies generated by such animalsmay be further modified, e.g., by combining with a different humanconstant region.

Human antibodies can also be made by hybridoma-based methods. Humanmyeloma and mouse-human heteromyeloma cell lines for the production ofhuman monoclonal antibodies have been described. See, e.g., Kozbor J.Immunol, 133: 3001 (1984); Brodeur et al., Monoclonal AntibodyProduction Techniques and Applications, pp. 51-63 (Marcel Dekker, Inc.,New York, 1987); and Boerner et al., J. Immunol., 147: 86 (1991). Humanantibodies generated via human B-cell hybridoma technology are alsodescribed in Li et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103:3557-3562(2006). Additional methods include those described, for example, in U.S.Pat. No. 7,189,826 (describing production of monoclonal human IgMantibodies from hybridoma cell lines). Human hybridoma technology(Trioma technology) is also described in Vollmers and Brandlein,Histology and Histopathology, 20(3):927-937 (2005) and Vollmers andBrandlein, Methods and Findings in Experimental and ClinicalPharmacology, 27(3): 185-91 (2005).

Human antibodies may also be generated by isolating Fv clone variabledomain sequences selected from human-derived phage display libraries.Such variable domain sequences may then be combined with a desired humanconstant domain. Techniques for selecting human antibodies from antibodylibraries are described below.

5. Library-Derived Antibodies

In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosuremay be isolated by screening combinatorial libraries for antibodies withthe desired activity or activities. For example, a variety of methodsare known in the art for generating phage display libraries andscreening such libraries for antibodies possessing the desired bindingcharacteristics. The use of phage display for preparation of affinitymatured variants of the humanized version of the anti-CD200R1 antibodyof the present disclosure are described in the Examples disclosedherein. Other methods for producing such library-derived antibodies canbe found in e.g., Hoogenboom et al., Methods in Molecular Biology 178:1-37 (O'Brien et al., ed., Human Press, Totowa, N.J. 2001); McCaffertyet al., Nature 348:552-554; Clackson et al., Nature 352: 624-628 (1991);Marks et al., J. Mol. Biol. 222: 581-597 (1992); Marks and Bradbury, mMethods in Molecular Biology 248: 161-175 (Lo, ed., Human Press. Totowa,N.J. 2003); Sidhu et al., J. Mol. Biol. 338(2): 299-310 (2004); Lee etal., J. Mol. Biol. 340(5): 1073-1093 (2004); Fellouse, Proc. Natl. Acad.Sci. USA 101(34): 12467-12472 (2004); and Lee et al., J. Immunol.Methods 284(1-2): 1 19-132(2004).

6. Multispecific Antibodies

In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosureis a multispecific antibody, e.g., a bispecific antibody. In someembodiments, the multispecific antibody is a monoclonal antibody havingat least two different binding sites, each with a binding specificityfor a different antigen, at least one of which specifically bindsCD200R1.

In some embodiments, the multispecific antibody is a bispecific antibodycomprising a specificity for CD200R1 and a specificity for anotherantigen that mediates immune regulation, immune signaling, and/or isexpressed on a cancer or tumor cell. In some embodiments of thebispecific antibody, the other specificity is for an antigen that is animmune checkpoint molecule selected from PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR,TIM-3, CRTAM, CTLA-4, BTLA, CD244, CD160, LIGHT, GITR, 4-1BB, OX40,CD27, TMIGD2, ICOS, CD40, CD47, SIRPa, NKG2D, NKG2A, TNFRSF25, CD33,CEA, Epcam, GPC3, CD73, CD83, CD39, TRAIL, CD226, and VISTA. In someembodiments, the anti-CD200R1 bispecific antibody, the other antigen forwhich the antibody has specificity is selected from PD1, TIGIT, LAG3,PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, and CRTAM.

In some embodiments, at least one of binding sites specifically binds acytotoxic agent. In exemplary embodiments, an anti-CD200R1 antibody ofthe present disclosure is a bispecific antibody and can be used tolocalize a cytotoxic agent to cells which express CD200R1.

Techniques for making multispecific antibodies include, but are notlimited to, recombinant co-expression of two immunoglobulin heavychain-light chain pairs having different specificities (see e.g.,Milstein and Cuello. Nature 305: 537 (1983), WO 93/08829, and Trauneckeret al., EMBOJ. 10: 3655 (1991)). “Knob-in-hole” engineering can also beused to generate bispecific antibodies useful with the anti-CD200R1antibodies of the present disclosure. Techniques for knob-in-holeengineering are known in the art and described in e.g., U.S. Pat. No.5,731,168.

Multispecific antibodies can also be made by engineering “electrostaticsteering” effects that favor formation of Fc-heterodimeric antibodymolecules rather than homodimers (WO 2009/089004A1); cross-linking twoor more antibodies or fragments (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,676,980, andBrennan et al., Science. 229: 81 (1985)); using leucine zippers toproduce bispecific antibodies (see. e.g., Kostelny et al., J. Immunol,148(5): 1547-1553 (1992)); using “diabody” technology for makingbispecific antibody fragments (see, e.g., Hollinger et al., Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci. USA, 90:6444-6448 (1993)); using single-chain Fv (scFv)dimers (see. e.g. Gruber et al., J. Immunol, 152:5368 (1994)); ortri-specific antibodies (see e.g., Tutt et al., J. Immunol. 147: 60(1991).

7. Antibody Variants

In some embodiments, variants of the anti-CD200R1 antibody of thepresent disclosure are also contemplated. For example, antibodies withimproved binding affinity and/or other biological properties of theantibody may be prepared by introducing appropriate modifications intothe nucleotide sequence encoding the antibody, or by peptide synthesis.Such modifications include, for example, deletions from, and/orinsertions into and/or substitutions of residues within the amino acidsequences of the antibody. Any combination of deletion, insertion, andsubstitution can be made to arrive at the final construct, provided thatthe final construct possesses the desired characteristic of CD200R1antigen binding.

A. Substitution, Insertion, and Deletion Variants

In some embodiments, anti-CD200R1 antibody variants having one or moreamino acid substitutions in addition to those described herein areprovided. Sites for mutagenesis can include the HVRs and FRs. Typical“conservative” amino acid substitutions and/or substitutions based oncommon side-chain class or properties are well-known in the art and canbe used in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The presentdisclosure also contemplates variants based on non-conservative aminoacid substitutions in which a member of one of amino acid side chainclass is exchanged for an amino acid from another class.

Amino acid side chains are typically grouped according to the followingclasses or common properties: (1) hydrophobic: Met, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile,Norleucine; (2) neutral hydrophilic: Cys, Ser, Thr, Asn, Gln; (3)acidic: Asp, Glu; (4) basic: His, Lys, Arg; (5) chain orientationinfluencing: Gly, Pro; and (6) aromatic: Trp, Tyr, Phe.

Techniques are well-known in the art for amino acid substitution into anantibody and subsequent screening for desired function, e.g.,retained/improved antigen binding, decreased immunogenicity, or improvedADCC or CDC.

Amino acid substitution variants can include substituting one or morehypervariable region residues of a parent antibody (e.g., a humanized orhuman antibody). Generally, the resulting variant(s) selected forfurther study will have modifications in certain biological properties(e.g., increased affinity, reduced immunogenicity) relative to theparent antibody and/or will have substantially retained certainbiological properties of the parent antibody. An exemplarysubstitutional variant is an affinity matured antibody, which may beconveniently generated, e.g., using phage display-based affinitymaturation techniques such as those described in the Examples herein.Briefly, one or more HVR residues are mutated and the variant antibodiesdisplayed on phage and screened for a particular biological activity(e.g., binding affinity).

A useful method for identifying residues or regions of an antibody thatmay be targeted for mutagenesis is “alanine scanning mutagenesis” (seee.g., Cunningham and Wells (1989) Science, 244: 1081-1085). In thismethod, a residue or group of target residues (e.g., charged residuessuch as Arg, Asp. His. Lys. and Glu) are identified and replaced by aneutral or negatively charged amino acid (e.g., Ala or polyalanine) todetermine whether the interaction of the antibody with antigen isaffected. Further substitutions may be introduced at the amino acidlocations demonstrating functional sensitivity to the initialsubstitutions. Alternatively. or additionally, a crystal structure of anantigen-antibody complex to identify contact points between the antibodyand antigen can be determined. Such contact residues and neighboringresidues may be targeted or eliminated as candidates for substitution.Variants may be screened to determine whether they contain the desiredproperties.

Amino acid sequence insertions include amino- and/or carboxyl-terminalfusions ranging in length from one residue to polypeptides containing ahundred or more residues, as well as intra-sequence insertions of singleor multiple amino acid residues. Examples of terminal insertions includean antibody with an N-terminal methionyl residue. Other insertionalvariants of the antibody molecule include the fusion to the N- orC-terminus of the antibody to an enzyme or a polypeptide which increasesthe serum half-life of the antibody.

Substitutions can be made in HVRs to improve antibody affinity. Suchalterations may be made in “hotspots,” i.e., residues encoded by codonsthat undergo mutation at high frequency during the somatic maturationprocess (see, e.g., Chowdhury, Methods Mol. Biol. 207: 179-196 (2008))with the resulting variant V_(H) or V_(L) being tested for bindingaffinity. In some embodiments, affinity maturation can be carried out byconstructing and reselecting from secondary libraries (see e.g., inHoogenboom et al., Methods in Molecular Biology 178: 1-37 (O'Brien etal., ed., Human Press, Totowa, N.J., (2001).) Another method tointroduce diversity involves HVR-directed approaches, in which severalHVR residues (e.g., 4-6 residues at a time) are randomized. HVR residuesinvolved in antigen binding may be specifically identified, e.g., usingalanine scanning mutagenesis or modeling. HVR-H3 and HVR-L3 inparticular are often targeted.

In some embodiments, substitutions, insertions, or deletions may occurwithin one or more HVRs so long as such alterations do not substantiallyreduce the ability of the antibody to bind antigen. For example,conservative alterations (e.g., conservative substitutions as providedherein) that do not substantially reduce binding affinity may be made inHVRs. Such alterations may be outside of HVR “hotspots.” In someembodiments of the variant V_(H) and V_(L) sequences provided above,each HVR either is unaltered, or contains no more than one, two or threeamino acid substitutions.

B. Glycosylation Variants

In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosureis altered to increase or decrease the extent to which the antibody isglycosylated. Addition or deletion of glycosylation sites to an antibodycan be carried out by altering the amino acid sequence such that one ormore glycosylation sites can be created or removed.

In embodiments where the antibody comprises an Fc region, thecarbohydrate attached to the Fc region can be altered. Typically, nativeantibodies produced by mammalian cells comprise a branched, biantennaryoligosaccharide attached by an N-linkage to the asparagine at aboutposition 297 (“N297”) of the CH2 domain of the Fc region (see, e.g.,Wright et al. TIBTECH 15:26-32 (1997)). The oligosaccharide may includevarious carbohydrates, such as mannose, N-acetyl glucosamine (GlcNAc),galactose, and sialic acid, as well as, a fucose attached to a GlcNAc inthe “stem” of the biantennary oligosaccharide structure. In someembodiments, the modifications of the oligosaccharide of an Fc region ofan antibody can create a variant with certain improved properties.

In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosurecan be a variant of a parent antibody, wherein the variant comprises acarbohydrate structure that lacks fucose attached (directly orindirectly) to an Fc region. For example, the amount of fucose in suchantibody may be from about 1% to about 80%, from about 1% to about 65%,from about 5% to about 65%, or from about 20% to about 40%. The amountof fucose can be determined by calculating the average amount of fucosewithin the sugar chain at N297, relative to the sum of allglyco-structures attached to Asn 297 (e.g., complex, hybrid and highmannose structures) as measured by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (seee.g., WO 2008/077546). N297 refers to the asparagine residue located atabout position 297 in the Fc region (Eu numbering of Fc regionresidues); however, N297 may also be located about 3 amino acidsupstream or downstream of position 297, i.e., between positions 294 and300, due to minor sequence variations in antibodies.

In some embodiments, the fucosylation variants can have improved ADCCfunction. See, e.g., US Patent Publication Nos. US 2003/0157108, or US2004/0093621. Examples of“defucosylated” or “fucose-deficient”antibodies and associated methods for preparing them are disclosed ine.g., US2003/0157108: US2003/0115614; US2002/0164328; US2004/0093621;US2004/0132140; US2004/0110704: US2004/0110282; US2004/0109865;WO2000/61739; WO2001/29246; WO2003/085119; WO2003/084570; WO2005/035586;WO2005/035778; WO2005/053742; WO2002/031140: Okazaki et al. J. Mol.Biol. 336: 1239-1249 (2004); Yamane-Ohnuki et al. Biotech. Bioeng. 87:614 (2004).

Cell lines useful for producing defucosylated antibodies include Led 3CHO cells deficient in protein fucosylation (see e.g., Ripka et al.Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 249:533-545 (1986); US2003/0157108, andWO2004/056312), and knockout cell lines, such asalpha-1,6-fucosyltransferase gene. FUT8, knockout CHO cells (see, e.g.,Yamane-Ohnuki et al. Biotech. Bioeng. 87: 614 (2004); Kanda, Y. et al.,Biotechnol. Bioeng., 94(4):680-688 (2006); and WO2003/085107).

C. Fc Region Variants

In some embodiments, an anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosurecan comprise one or more amino acid modifications in the Fc region(i.e., an Fc region variant). The Fc region variant may comprise a humanFc region sequence (e.g., a human IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, or IgG4 Fc region)comprising an amino acid substitution at one or more amino acid residuepositions. A wide range of Fc region variants known in the art that areuseful with the anti-CD200R1 antibodies of the present disclosure aredescribed below.

In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibody can be an Fc regionvariant which has altered effector function. In some embodiments, theantibody with altered effector function can possess some (but not allof) the effector functions, decreased effector function, or none of theeffector functions (e.g., effectorless) of the parent antibody.Effectorless Fc region variants can be be more desirable for certainapplications where effector function (such as ADCC) is unnecessary ordeleterious, and/or in vivo half-life of the antibody is important.

Fc region variant antibodies with reduced effector function, or whichare effectorless, can include an amino acid substitution at one or moreof the following Fc region positions: 238, 265, 269, 270, 297, 327 and329. (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,737,056). Such Fc region variants caninclude amino acid substitutions at two or more of positions 265, 269,270, 297 and 327. Such Fc region variants can also include substitutionsof both residues 265 and 297 to alanine (see e.g., U.S. Pat. No.7,332,581). In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibodies of thepresent disclosure are effectorless Fc region variants. In someembodiments, the effectorless Fc region variants of the anti-CD200R1antibodies comprise one or more amino acid substitutions selected fromN297G (see e.g., Shields, R. et al., “High Resolution Mapping of theBinding Site on Human IgG1 for FcγRI, FcγRII, FcγRIII and FcRn andDesign of IgG1 Variants with Improved Binding to the FcγR*”, Journal ofBiological Chemistry, 276(9): 6591-6604 (2001)); N297A (see e.g.,Friend. P. J. et al., “Phase I Study of an Engineered AglycosylatedHumanized CD3 Antibody in Renal Transplant Rejection”, Transplantation.68(11): 1632-7 (1999)); P331S/K322A (see e.g., Tawara, T. et al.,“Complement Activation Plays a Key Role in Antibody-induced InfusionToxicity in Monkeys and Rats”, J Immunol, 180(4): 2294-8 (2008));S228P/L235E (see e.g., Newman, R. et al., “Modification of the Fc Regionof a Primatized IgG Antibody to Human CD4 Retains Its Ability toModulate CD4 Receptors but Does Not Deplete CD4(+) T Cells iNChimpanzees”, Clin Immunol. 98(2): 164-74 (2001); or L234A/L235A/P329G(also referred to as “LALAPG”) (see e.g., Schlothauer, T. et al., “Novelhuman IgG1 and IgG4 Fc-engineered antibodies with completely abolishedimmune effector functions”, Protein Eng. Des. Sel., 29(10): 457-466(2016); Lo, M. et al., “Effector-attenuating Substitutions That MaintainAntibody Stability and Reduce Toxicity in Mice”, Journal of BiologicalChemistry, 292(9): 3900-3908 (2017). In other embodiments, theeffectorless Fc region variants of the anti-CD200R1 antibodies comprisethe amino acid substitutions L234A/L235A (“LALA”) (Woodle. E. Steve etal., Transplantation, 68(5): 608-616 (1999)).

Accordingly, in some embodiments, the effectorless Fc region variants ofthe anti-CD200R1 antibodies comprise one or more amino acidsubstitutions selected from N297A or N297G. In some embodiments, theeffectorless Fc region variants of the anti-CD200R1 antibodies comprisethe pair of amino acid substitutions P331S/K322A. In other embodiments,the effectorless Fc region variants of the anti-CD200R1 antibodiescomprise the amino acid substitutions L234A/L235A (LALA) orL234A/L235A/P329G (LALAPG). In some embodiments, wherein theanti-CD200R1 is of isotype IgG2 or IgG4, the anti-CD200R1 antibodycomprises the amino acid substitutions S228P and/or L235E.

Fc region variants having improved or diminished binding to FcRs aredisclosed in e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,737,056: WO 2004/056312; and Shieldset al., J. Biol. Chem. 9(2): 6591-6604 (2001). Fc region variants havingimproved ADCC can comprise one or more amino acid substitutions at e.g.,positions 298, 333, and/or 334 of the Fc region (based on EU numbering).Fc region variants having altered (i.e., either improved or diminished)C1q binding and/or Complement Dependent Cytotoxicity (CDC), as describedin e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,194,551. WO99/51642, and Idusogie et al., J.Immunol. 164: 4178-4184 (2000). Fc region variants with increasedhalf-lives and improved binding to the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) aredisclosed in e.g., US2005/0014934A1 (Hinton et al.). Such Fc regionvariants comprise amino acid substitutions at one or more of positions:238, 256, 265, 272, 286, 303, 305, 307, 311, 312, 317, 340, 356, 360,362, 376, 378, 380, 382, 413, 424, and 434. Other Fc region variantswith increased half-lives include the set of YTE mutations at positions252, 254, and 256 (i.e., M252Y/S254T/T256E) described in e.g., U.S. Pat.No. 7,658,921B2 (Dall'Acqua et al.). Other examples of Fc regionvariants can be found in e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,648,260 and 5,624,821;and WO94/29351.

Generally, in vitro and/or in vivo cytotoxicity assays can be carriedout to confirm the reduction/depletion of CDC and/or ADCC activities inan Fc region variant. For example, Fc receptor (FcR) binding assays canbe conducted to ensure that the antibody lacks FcγR binding (hencelikely lacking ADCC activity) but retains FcRn binding ability. Theprimary cells for mediating ADCC. NK cells express FcγRIII only, whereasmonocytes express FcγRI, FcγRII, and FcγRIII. Non-limiting examples ofin vitro assays to assess ADCC activity of a molecule of interest isdescribed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,500,362 (see, e.g. Hellstrom, et al., Proc.Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA 83:7059-7063 (1986)) and Hellstrom, et al., Proc.Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA 82: 1499-1502 (1985): 5,821.337 (see Bruggemann, M.et al., J. Exp. Med. 166: 1351-1361 (1987)). Alternatively,non-radioactive assay methods may be employed (see, for example, ACTI™nonradioactive cytotoxicity assay for flow cytometry (CellTechnology,Inc. Mountain View, Calif.; and CytoTox96® non-radioactive cytotoxicityassay (Promega, Madison, Wis.). Useful effector cells for such assaysinclude peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and Natural Killer(NK) cells. Alternatively, or additionally, ADCC activity of themolecule of interest may be assessed in vivo, e.g., in an animal modelsuch as that disclosed in Clynes et al. Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA95:652-656 (1998). C1q binding assays may also be carried out to confirmthat the antibody is unable to bind C1q and hence lacks CDC activity.See, e.g., C1q and C3c binding ELISA in WO2006/029879 and WO2005/100402.To assess complement activation, a CDC assay may be performed (see,e.g., Gazzano-Santoro et al., J. Immunol. Methods 202: 163 (1996);Cragg, M. S. et al., Blood 101: 1045-1052 (2003); and Cragg, M. S. andM. J. Glennie, SW 103:2738-2743 (2004)). FcRn binding and in vivoclearance/half-life determinations can be performed using methods knownin the art (see, e.g., Petkova, et al., Intl. Immunol. 18(12): 1759-1769(2006)).

D. Cysteine Engineered Antibody Variants

In some embodiments, it is contemplated that the anti-CD200R1 antibodydescribed herein can be substituted at specific non-HVR positions withcysteine residues so as to create reactive thiol groups. Such engineered“thioMAbs” can be used to conjugate the antibody to e.g., drug moietiesor linker-drug moieties and thereby create immunoconjugates, asdescribed elsewhere herein. Cysteine engineered antibodies can begenerated as described in e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 7,521,541. In someembodiments, any one or more of the following antibody residues can besubstituted with cysteine: V205 (Kabat numbering) of the light chain;A118 (EU numbering) of the heavy chain; and S400 (EU numbering) of theheavy chain Fc region.

E. Antibody Derivatives

In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosuremay be further modified (i.e., derivatized) with non-proteinaceousmoieties. Non-proteinaceous moieties suitable for derivatization of theantibody include, but are not limited to, water soluble polymers, suchas: polyethylene glycol (PEG), copolymers of ethylene glycol andpropylene glycol, carboxy-methylcellulose, dextran, polyvinyl alcohol,polyvinyl pyrrolidone, poly-1, 3-dioxolane, poly-1, 3, 6-trioxane,ethylene/maleic anhydride copolymer, poly-amino acid homo-polymers orrandom co-polymers, and dextran or poly(n-vinyl pyrrolidone)polyethyleneglycol, propropylene glycol homo-polymers, polypropylene oxide/ethyleneoxide co-polymers, polyoxy-ethylated polyols (e.g., glycerol), polyvinylalcohol, and mixtures thereof. In some embodiments, modification of theantibody can be carried out using methoxy-polyethylene glycolpropionaldehyde. The polymers may be of any molecular weight, and may bebranched or unbranched. The number of polymers attached to the antibodymay vary, and if more than one polymer is attached, they can be the sameor different molecules. In general, the number and/or type of polymersused for derivatization can be determined based on considerationsincluding, but not limited to, the particular properties or functions ofthe antibody, e.g., whether the antibody derivative will be used in atherapy under defined conditions.

8. Immunoconjugates

In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosurecan also be an immunoconjugate, wherein the immunoconjugate comprises ananti-CD200R1 antibody conjugated to one or more cytotoxic agents.Suitable cytotoxic agents contemplated by the present disclosure includechemotherapeutic agents, drugs, growth inhibitory agents, toxins (e.g.,protein toxins, enzymatically active toxins of bacterial, fungal, plant,or animal origin, or fragments thereof), or radioactive isotopes.

In some embodiments, the immunoconjugate is an antibody-drug conjugate(ADC) in which an anti-CD200R1 antibody, as described herein, isconjugated to one or more drugs.

In some embodiments, an immunoconjugate of the present disclosurecomprises an anti-CD200R1 antibody as described herein conjugated to adrug or therapeutic agent for the treatment of a CD200R1-mediateddisease or condition.

In some embodiments, an anti-CD200R1 antibody as described herein can beconjugated to an enzymatically active toxin or a fragment thereof,including but not limited to diphtheria A chain, nonbinding activefragments of diphtheria toxin, exotoxin A chain (from Pseudomonasaeruginosa), ricin A chain, abrin A chain, modeccin A chain,alpha-sarcin, Aleurites fordii proteins, dianthin proteins. Phytolacaamericana proteins, Momordica charantia inhibitor, curcin, crotin,Sapaonaria officinalis inhibitor, gelonin, mitogellin, restrictocin,phenomycin, enomycin, and the tricothecenes.

In some embodiments, an immunoconjugate of the present disclosurecomprises an anti-CD200R1 antibody as described herein conjugated to aradioactive isotope (i.e., a radioconjugate). A variety of radioactiveisotopes are available for the production of such radioconjugates.Examples include, but are not limited to, ⁶¹Cu ⁸⁹Zr, ²¹¹At, ¹²³I, ⁹⁰Y,¹⁸⁶Re, ¹⁸⁸Re, ¹⁵³Sm, ²¹²Bi, ³²P, ²¹²Pb, and radioactive isotopes of Lu.In some embodiments, a radioactive isotope can be or comprise ¹⁸F, FDG.In some embodiments, the immunoconjugate may comprise a radioisotope forscintigraphic detection, or a spin label for NMR detection or MRI.Suitable radioisotopes or spin labels can include, as ¹²³I, ¹³¹I, ¹¹¹In,¹³C, ¹⁹F, ¹⁵N, ¹⁷O, various isotopes of Gd, Mn, and Fe.

Immunoconjugates of an anti-CD200R1 antibody and a cytotoxic agent, canbe made using a variety of well-known bifunctional reagents andchemistries suitable for conjugating to proteins. Such reagents includebut are not limited to: N-succinimidyl-3-(2-pyridyldithio) propionate(SPDP), succinimidyl-4-(N-maleimidomethyl) cyclohexane-1-carboxylate(SMCC), iminothiolane (IT), bifunctional derivatives of imidoesters(e.g., dimethyl adipimidate HQ), active esters (e.g., disuccinimidylsuberate), aldehydes (e.g., glutaraldehyde), bis-azido compounds (e.g.,bis-(p-azidobenzoyl)-hexanediamine), bis-diazonium derivatives (e.g.,bis-(p-diazoniumbenzoyl)-ethylenediamine), diisocyanates (e.g.,toluene-2,6-diisocyanate), and bis-active fluorine compounds (e.g.,1,5-difluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene).

Reagents for preparing immunoconjugates of the present disclosure canalso include commercially available “cross-linking” reagents such as:BMPS, EMCS, GMBS, HBVS, LC-SMCC, MBS, MPBH, SBAP, SIA, STAB, SMCC, SMPB,SMPH, sulfo-EMCS, sulfo-GMBS, sulfo-KMUS, sulfo-MBS, sulfo-SIAB,sulfo-SMCC, and sulfo-SMPB, and SVSB(succinimidyl-(4-vinylsulfone)benzoate) (see e.g., Pierce Biotechnology,Inc., Rockford, Ill., U.S.A).

9. Synthetic Antibodies

In some embodiments, the anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosurecan be a synthetic antibody comprising a set of CDRs or HVRs from ananti-CD200R1 immunoglobulin (e.g., HVR-L1, etc.) grafted onto a scaffoldor framework other than an immunoglobulin scaffold or framework, such asan alternative protein scaffold, or an artificial polymer scaffold.

Exemplary alternative protein scaffolds contemplated for preparation ofsynthetic antibodies of the present disclosure can include, but are notlimited to: fibronectin, neocarzinostatin CBM4-2, lipocalins, T-cellreceptor, protein-A domain (protein Z), Im9, TPR proteins, zinc fingerdomains, pVIII, avian pancreatic polypeptide, GCN4, WW domain Srchomology domain 3, PDZ domains, TEM-1 beta-lactamase, thioredoxin,staphylococcal nuclease, PHD-fmger domains, CL-2, BPTI, APPI, HPSTI,ecotin, LACI-D1, LDT1, MTI-II, scorpion toxins, insect defensin-Apeptide, EETI-II, Min-23, CBD, PBP, cytochrome b-562, Ldl receptordomains, gamma-crystallin, ubiquitin, transferrin, and/or C-typelectin-like domains.

Exemplary artificial polymer (non-protein) scaffolds useful forsynthetic antibodies are described in e.g., Fiedler et al., (2014)“Non-Antibody Scaffolds as Alternative Therapeutic Agents,” in Handbookof Therapeutic Antibodies (eds S. Dübel and J. M. Reichert), Wiley-VCHVerlag GmbH & Co.; Gebauer et al., Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol, 13:245-255(2009); Binz et al, Nat. Biotech., 23(10): 1257-1268 (2005).

IV. Recombinant Methods and Compositions

The anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosure can be producedusing recombinant methods and materials well-known in the art ofantibody production. In some embodiments, the present disclosureprovides an isolated nucleic acid encoding an anti-CD200R1 antibody. Thenucleic acid can encode an amino acid sequence comprising the V_(L)and/or an amino acid sequence comprising the V_(H) of the antibody(e.g., the light and/or heavy chains of the antibody). In someembodiments, one or more vectors (e.g., expression vectors) comprisingnucleic acid sequences encoding an anti-CD200R1 antibody of the presentdisclosure are provided. In some embodiments, a host cell comprisingnucleic acid sequences encoding an anti-CD200R1 antibody of the presentdisclosure are provided. In one embodiment, the host cell has beentransformed with a vector comprising a nucleic acid that encodes anamino acid sequence comprising the V_(L) of the antibody and an aminoacid sequence comprising the V_(H) of the antibody. In anotherembodiment, the host cell has been transformed with a first vectorcomprising a nucleic acid that encodes an amino acid sequence comprisingthe V_(L) of the antibody and a second vector comprising a nucleic acidthat encodes an amino acid sequence comprising the V_(H) of theantibody.

In some embodiments of the recombinant methods, the host cell used is aeukaryotic cell, such as a Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell, or alymphoid cell (e.g., Y0, NS0, Sp20). In at least one embodiment, amethod of making an anti-CD200R1 antibody is provided, wherein themethod comprises culturing a host cell comprising a nucleic acidencoding the antibody, as provided above, under conditions suitable forexpression of the antibody, and optionally recovering the antibody fromthe host cell (or host cell culture medium).

Briefly, recombinant production of an anti-CD200R1 antibody is carriedout by isolating a nucleic acid encoding an antibody (e.g., as describedherein) and inserting this nucleic acid into one or more vectors forfurther cloning and/or expression in a host cell. Such nucleic acids arereadily isolated and sequenced using conventional procedures well-knownin the art (e.g., by using oligonucleotide probes that are capable ofbinding specifically to genes encoding the heavy and light chains of thedesired antibody). Suitable host cells and culturing methods for cloningor expressing the antibody-encoding vectors are well-known in the artand include prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells. Typically, afterexpression, the antibody may be isolated from cell paste in a solublefraction and further purified. In addition to prokaryotes, eukaryoticmicrobes such as filamentous fungi or yeast are suitable cloning orexpression hosts for antibody-encoding vectors, including fungi andyeast strains whose glycosylation pathways have been “humanized,”resulting in the production of an antibody with a partially or fullyhuman glycosylation pattern (see e.g., Gerngross, Nat. Biotech. 22:1409-1414 (2004), and Li et al., Nat. Biotech. 24:210-215 (2006)).

Suitable host cells for the expression of glycosylated anti-CD200R1antibodies of the present disclosure can also be derived frommulticellular organisms (invertebrates and vertebrates). Examples ofinvertebrate cells include plant and insect cells. Numerous baculoviralstrains have been identified which may be used in conjunction withinsect cells, particularly for transfection of Spodoptera frugiperdacells. Plant cell cultures can also be utilized as hosts (see, e.g.,U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,959,177, 6,040,498, 6,420,548, and 7,125,978.

Examples of mammalian host cell lines useful for the production of theanti-CD200R1 antibodies of the present disclosure include Chinesehamster ovary (CHO) cells, including DHFR-CHO cells (see e.g., Urlaub etal., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 77:4216 (1980)); myeloma cell lines suchas Y0, NS0 and Sp2/0; monkey kidney CV1 line transformed by SV40(COS-7); human embryonic kidney line (293 or 293 cells as described,e.g., in Graham et al., J. Gen Virol. 36:59 (1977)); baby hamster kidneycells (BHK); mouse Sertoli cells (TM4 cells as described. e.g., inMather, Biol. Reprod. 23:243-251 (1980)); monkey kidney cells (CVI);African green monkey kidney cells (VERO-76); human cervical carcinomacells (HELA); canine kidney cells (MDCK; buffalo rat liver cells (BRL3A); human lung cells (W138); human liver cells (Hep G2); mouse mammarytumor (MMT 060562); TR1 cells (see e.g., in Mather et al., Annals N Y.Acad. Sci. 383:44-68 (1982) and U.S. Pat. No. 6,235,498); MedicalResearch Council 5 (MRC 5) cells (such as e.g., those available fromATCC and also referred to as CCL-171); and Foreskin 4 (FS-4) cells (seee.g., in Vilcek et al. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 284:703-710 (1977), Gardner& Vilcek. J. Gen. Virol. 44:161-168 (1979), and Pang et al. Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 77:5341-5345 (1980)). For a general review of usefulmammalian host cell lines suitable for antibody production, see, e.g.,Yazaki and Wu, Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 248 (B. K. C. Lo, ed.,Humana Press, Totowa, N.J.). pp. 255-268 (2003).

V. Pharmaceutical Compositions and Formulations of Anti-CD200R1Antibodies

The present disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions andpharmaceutical formulations comprising an anti-CD200R1 antibody. In someembodiments, the present disclosure provides a pharmaceuticalformulation comprising an anti-CD200R1 antibody as described herein anda pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In some embodiments, theanti-CD200R1 antibody is the sole active agent of the pharmaceuticalcomposition. Such pharmaceutical formulations can be prepared by mixingan anti-CD200R1 antibody, having the desired degree of purity, with oneor more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers. Typically, such antibodyformulations can be prepared as an aqueous solution (see e.g., U.S. Pat.No. 6,171,586, and WO2006/044908) or as a lyophilized formulation (seee.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,267,958).

Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers are generally nontoxic torecipients at the dosages and concentrations employed. A wide range ofsuch pharmaceutically acceptable carriers are well-known in the art (seee.g., Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences 16th edition, Osol, A. Ed.(1980)). Exemplary pharmaceutically acceptable carriers useful in theformulations of the present disclosure can include, but are not limitedto: buffers such as phosphate, citrate, and other organic acids;antioxidants including ascorbic acid and methionine; preservatives (suchas octadecyldimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride; hexamethonium chloride;benzalkonium chloride; benzethonium chloride; phenol, butyl or benzylalcohol; alkyl parabens such as methyl or propyl paraben; catechol;resorcinol; cyclohexanol; 3-pentanol; and m-cresol); low molecularweight (less than about 10 residues) poly peptides; proteins, such asserum albumin, gelatin, or immunoglobulins; hydrophilic polymers such aspolyvinylpyrrolidone; amino acids such as glycine, glutamine,asparagine, histidine, arginine, or lysine; monosaccharides,disaccharides, and other carbohydrates including glucose, mannose, ordextrins; chelating agents such as EDTA; sugars such as sucrose,mannitol, trehalose or sorbitol; salt-forming counter-ions such assodium; metal complexes (e.g., Zn-protein complexes); and/or non-ionicsurfactants such as polyethylene glycol (PEG).

Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers useful in the formulations of thepresent disclosure can also include interstitial drug dispersion agents,such as soluble neutral-active hyaluronidase glycoproteins (sHASEGP)(see e.g., US Pat. Publ. Nos. 2005/0260186 and 2006/0104968), such ashuman soluble PH-20 hyaluronidase glycoproteins (e.g., rHuPH20 orHYLENEX®, Baxter International, Inc.).

It is also contemplated that the formulations disclosed herein maycontain active ingredients in addition to the anti-CD200R1, as necessaryfor the particular indication being treated in the subject to whom theformulation is administered. Preferably, any additional activeingredient has activity complementary to that of the anti-CD200R1antibody activity and the activities do not adversely affect each other.

In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition comprises theanti-CD200R1 antibody and an additional active agent such as, but notlimited to, a checkpoint inhibitor. Checkpoint inhibitors useful in suchembodiments include, but are not limited to, a second antibodycomprising a specificity for an antigen that is an immune checkpointmolecule. In some embodiments, the second antibody comprises aspecificity for an immune checkpoint molecule selected from PD1, TIGIT,LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, CRTAM, CTLA-4, BTLA, CD244, CD160, LIGHT, GITR,4-1BB, OX40, CD27, TMIGD2, ICOS, CD40, CD47, SIRPa, NKG2D, NKG2A,TNFRSF25, CD33, CEA, Epcam, GPC3, CD200, CD200R1, CD73, CD83, CD39,TRAIL, CD226, and VISTA.

In at least one embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition comprises ananti-CD200R1 antibody and an additional active agent, wherein theadditional active agent is an antibody comprising a specificity for animmune checkpoint molecule selected from PD1, TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR,TIM-3, and CRTAM.

In at least one embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition comprising ananti-CD200R1 antibody and an additional active agent, wherein theadditional active agent is an antibody comprising a specificity for theimmune checkpoint molecule PD1. Exemplary antibodies comprising aspecificity for PD1 that are useful in the pharmaceutical compositionembodiments disclosed herein include, but are not limited to,dostarlimab, pembrolizumab, nivolumab, and pidilizumab.

Active ingredients may be entrapped in microcapsules prepared, forexample, by coacervation techniques or by interfacial polymerization,for example, hydroxymethylcellulose or gelatin-microcapsules andpoly-(methylmethacylate) microcapsules, respectively, in colloidal drugdelivery systems (for example, liposomes, albumin microspheres,microemulsions, nano-particles and nanocapsules) or in macroemulsions.Such techniques are disclosed in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences16th edition, Osol, A. Ed. (1980).

In some embodiments, the formulation can be a sustained-releasepreparation of the antibody and/or other active ingredients. Suitableexamples of sustained-release preparations include semipermeablematrices of solid hydrophobic polymers containing the antibody, whichmatrices are in the form of shaped articles, e.g. films, ormicrocapsules.

Typically, the formulations of the present disclosure to be administeredto a subject are sterile. Sterile formulations may be readily preparedusing well-known techniques, e.g., by filtration through sterilefiltration membranes.

IV. Uses and Methods of Treatment

It is contemplated that any of the compositions or formulationscomprising an anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosure can beused for any methods or uses, such as in therapeutic methods thatutilize their ability to specifically bind to CD200R1 and therebyinhibit, decrease, and/or fully block the function of CD200R1 as a cellsurface receptor involved in immune regulation or signaling,particularly the function of CD200R1 in negatively regulating (orinhibiting) T cell or NK cell activation.

The cell surface glycoprotein CD200 is the natural binding target ofCD200R1. CD200, however, is expressed more widely on a variety of humancells including neurons, epithelial cells, endothelial cells,fibroblasts, and lymphoid cells, and the binding of CD200R1 to itsligand CD200 has been found to signal an immunosuppressive activities.Accordingly, it is contemplated that the anti-CD200R1 antibodies can beused in therapeutic methods that involve inhibiting, decreasing, and/orfully blocking the specific binding of CD200R1 to CD200.

There are a range of diseases, disorders, and conditions that canpotentially be treated by inhibiting, decreasing, and/or fully blockingthe immune regulatory and/or immune signaling activity of CD200R1,particularly, the immune inhibitory effect of CD200R1 on lymphocyteactivation. The range of diseases, disorders, and conditions include,but are not limited to, cancers.

For example, agents that block the immune inhibitory effects of certainproteins (e.g., PD1) are currently under development to treat a widerange of cancers including adrenal gland cancer, bladder cancer,sarcomas, microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) cancer (includingsolid MSI-cancer), TMB (tumor mutational burden)-high tumor, mismatchrepair deficient (dMMR) cancer, brain cancer, breast cancer, cervicalcancer, colorectal cancer, EGJ adenocarcinoma, esophageal cancer, gallbladder cancer, gastric cancer (e.g. gastrointestinal carcinoid (GIcarcinoid)), head and neck cancer, heart cancer, hepatocellularcarcinoma, kidney cancer, liver cancer, melanoma, mesothelioma (e.g.pleural mesothelioma), non-small cell lung cancer, ovarian cancer,epithelial ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, pediatric solid cancers,pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, spleen cancer, small cell lungcancer, testicular cancer, thyroid cancer (e.g. medullary thyroid canceror follicular thyroid cancer), blood cancers (e.g. diffuse large B celllymphoma (DLBCL), leukemias, lymphomas, myelomas), renal cell carcinoma,clear cell renal carcinoma, neuroendocrine tumors (e.g. malignantpheochromocytoma and paraganglioma), and uterine cancer. In someembodiments, the cancer is selected from lung cancer (e.g. small celllung cancer), skin cancer (e.g., melanoma), pancreatic cancer,endometrial cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer,mesothelioma, and bladder cancer. Accordingly, it is contemplated thatany of the compositions or formulations comprising an anti-CD200R1antibody of the present disclosure can be used for a method or use forthe treatment of any of the above-listed cancers. In some embodiments,the cancer is selected from lung cancer (e.g. small cell lung cancer),skin cancer (e.g., melanoma), pancreatic cancer, endometrial cancer,prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, mesothelioma andbladder cancer. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides amethod of treating cancer in a subject, the method comprisingadministering to the subject in need thereof a therapeutically effectiveamount of an anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosure oradministering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of apharmaceutical composition comprising an anti-CD200R1 antibody of thepresent disclosure and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

As disclosed herein, including in the Examples below, the anti-CD200R1antibodies of the present disclosure have the ability to decrease,inhibit, and/or block CD200R1 binding to CD200, and thereby alterimmunosuppressive signaling pathways. Accordingly, in some embodiments,the present disclosure provides a method of treating a CD200R1-mediateddisease or condition in a subject, the method comprising administeringto the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-CD200R1antibody of the present disclosure or administering to a subject in needthereof a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceuticalcomposition comprising an anti-CD200R1 antibody of the presentdisclosure and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Similarly, in someembodiments, the present disclosure provides a method of treating adisease mediated by binding to CD200 expressed on cells in a subject,the method comprising administering to the subject, the methodcomprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effectiveamount of an anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosure oradministering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effectiveamount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an anti-CD200R1antibody of the present disclosure and a pharmaceutically acceptablecarrier.

A therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition cancomprise at least about 1 mg/kg of an anti-CD200R1 antibody or at leastabout 10 mg/kg of an anti-CD200R1 antibody. A therapeutically effectiveamount of a pharmaceutical composition can comprise at least about 2mg/kg of an anti-CD200R1 antibody or at least about 20 mg/kg of ananti-CD200R1 antibody. A therapeutically effective amount of apharmaceutical composition can comprise at least about 0.3 mg of ananti-CD200R1 antibody, at least about 1.0 mg of an anti-CD200R1antibody, at least about 3.0 mg of an anti-CD200R1 antibody, at leastabout 10 mg of an anti-CD200R1 antibody, at least about 30 mg of ananti-CD200R1 antibody, at least about 100 mg of an anti-CD200R1antibody, at least about 300 mg of an anti-CD200R1 antibody, at leastabout 900 mg of an anti-CD200R1 antibody, or at least about 1400 mg ofan anti-CD200R1 antibody. A therapeutically effective amount of apharmaceutical composition can comprise at least about 10 mg/kg of ananti-CD200R1 antibody, at least about 20 mg/kg of an anti-CD200R1antibody, or at least about 100 mg/kg of an anti-CD200R1 antibody. Insome embodiments, a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceuticalcomposition can comprise an amount of an anti-CD200R1 antibody residingin a range between any two foregoing values.

In some embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount of apharmaceutical composition can elicit no significant off-target effects.For example, in some cases there can be no significant off-targeteffects of an anti-CD200R1 antibody at a dose of not more than 10 mg/kg.As another example, in some cases there can be no significant off-targeteffects of an anti-CD200R1 antibody at a dose of not more than 20 mg/kg,or at a dose of not more than 100 mg/kg In some embodiments, off targeteffects can include non-specific binding (e.g., as measured by BV ELISA)or cross-reactivity in human tissue. In some pharmaceuticalcompositions, there can be no significant off-target effects of ananti-CD200R1 antibody at another therapeutically effective amountprovided herein, or within a range of any two provided therapeuticallyeffective amounts provided herein.

Administration of the anti-CD200R1 antibody, composition, orpharmaceutical formulation in accordance with the method of treatmentprovides an antibody-induced therapeutic effect that protects thesubject from and/or treats the progression of a CD200R1-mediated diseasein a subject. In some embodiments, the method of treatment can furthercomprise administration of one or more additional therapeutic agents ortreatments known to those of skill in the art to prevent and/or treatthe CD200R1-mediated disease or condition. Such methods comprisingadministration of one or more additional agents can encompass combinedadministration (where two or more therapeutic agents are included in thesame or separate formulations), and separate administration. In whichcase, administration of the antibody composition or formulation canoccur prior to, simultaneously, and/or following, administration of theadditional therapeutic agent.

In some embodiments of the methods of treatment of the presentdisclosure, the anti-CD200R1 antibody or pharmaceutical formulationcomprising an anti-CD200R1 antibody is administered to a subject by anymode of administration that delivers the agent systemically, or to adesired target tissue. Systemic administration generally refers to anymode of administration of the antibody into a subject at a site otherthan directly into the desired target site, tissue, or organ, such thatthe antibody or formulation thereof enters the subject's circulatorysystem and, thus, is subject to metabolism and other like processes.

Accordingly, modes of administration useful in the methods of treatmentof the present disclosure can include, but are not limited to,injection, infusion, instillation, and inhalation. Administration byinjection can include intravenous, intramuscular, intraarterial,intrathecal, intraventricular, intracapsular, intraorbital,intracardiac, intradermal, intraperitoneal, transtracheal, subcutaneous,subcuticular, intraarticular, subcapsular, subarachnoid, intraspinal,intracerebro spinal, and intrasternal injection and infusion.

In some embodiments, a pharmaceutical formulation of the anti-CD200R1antibody is formulated such that the antibody is protected frominactivation in the gut. Accordingly, the method of treatments cancomprise oral administration of the formulation.

In some embodiments, use of the compositions or formulations comprisingan anti-CD200R1 antibody of the present disclosure as a medicament arealso provided. Additionally, in some embodiments, the present disclosurealso provides for the use of a composition or a formulation comprisingan anti-CD200R1 antibody in the manufacture or preparation of amedicament, particularly a medicament for treating, preventing orinhibiting a CD200R1-mediated disease. In a further embodiment, themedicament is for use in a method for treating, preventing or inhibitinga CD200R1-mediated disease comprising administering to an individualhaving a CD200R1-mediated disease an effective amount of the medicament.In certain embodiments, the medicament further comprises an effectiveamount of at least one additional therapeutic agent, or treatment.Exemplary additional therapeutic agents or treatments that can be usedin such medicaments can include but are not limited to an antibodycomprising a specificity for an immune checkpoint molecule such as PD1,TIGIT, LAG3, PVRIG, KIR, TIM-3, CRTAM, CTLA-4, BTLA, CD244, CD160,LIGHT, GITR, 4-1BB, OX40, CD27, TMIGD2, ICOS, CD40, CD47, SIRPa, NKG2D,NKG2A, TNFRSF25, CD33, CEA, Epcam, GPC3, CD73, CD83, CD39, TRAIL, CD226,and VISTA. In at least one embodiment, the additional therapeutic agentor treatment present in a medicament of the present disclosure is anantibody comprising a specificity for the immune checkpoint moleculePD1, including but not limited to an antibody selected from dostarlimab,pembrolizumab, nivolumab, and pidilizumab.

In a further embodiment, the medicament is for use in treating,inhibiting or preventing a CD200R1-mediated disease in a subjectcomprising administering to the subject an amount effective of themedicament to treat, inhibit or prevent the CD200R1-mediated disease.

For the prevention or treatment of a CD200R1-mediated disease orcondition, the appropriate dosage of the anti-CD200R1 antibody containedin the compositions and formulations of the present disclosure (whenused alone or in combination with one or more other additionaltherapeutic agents) will depend on the specific disease or conditionbeing treated, the severity and course of the disease, whether theantibody is administered for preventive or therapeutic purposes, theprevious therapy administered to the patient, the patient's clinicalhistory and response to the antibody, and the discretion of theattending physician. The anti-CD200R1 antibody included in thecompositions and formulations described herein, can be suitablyadministered to the patient at one time, or over a series of treatments.Various dosing schedules including but not limited to single or multipleadministrations over various time-points, bolus administration, andpulse infusion are contemplated herein.

Depending on the type and severity of the disease, about 1 μg/kg to 20mg/kg of anti-CD200R1 antibody in a formulation of the presentdisclosure is an initial candidate dosage for administration to a humansubject, whether, for example, by one or more separate administrations,or by continuous infusion. Generally, the administered dosage of theantibody can be in the range from about 0.05 mg/kg to about 20 mg/kg. Insome embodiments, one or more doses of about 0.5 mg/kg, 2.0 mg/kg, 4.0mg/kg 10 mg/kg, 20 mg/kg, or a range between any two foregoing values(or any combination thereof) may be administered to a human subject. Insome embodiments, a dose administered to a human subject can be greaterthan about 20 mg/kg.

In some embodiments, a therapeutically effective amount can beadministered to a subject, such as a human subject. A therapeuticallyeffective amount can be at least about 1 mg/kg, at least about 10 mg/kg,at least about a dose between about 1 mg/kg and about 10 mg/kg. Atherapeutically effective amount can be at least about 2 mg/kg, at leastabout 20 mg/kg, or at least about a dose between about 2 mg/kg and about20 mg/kg. A therapeutically effective amount can be at least about 0.3mg, at least about 1.0 mg, at least about 3.0 mg, at least about 10 mg,at least about 30 mg, at least about 100 mg, at least about 300 mg, atleast about 900 mg, at least about 1400 mg/kg, or at least about a doseresiding in a range between any two foregoing values. A therapeuticallyeffective amount can be at least about 10 mg/kg, at least about 20mg/kg, at least about 100 mg/kg, or at least about a dose residing in arange between any two foregoing values.

Dosage administration can be maintained over several days or longer,depending on the condition of the subject, for example, administrationcan continue until the CD200R1-mediated disease is sufficiently treated,as determined by methods known in the art. In some embodiments, aninitial higher loading dose may be administered, followed by one or morelower doses (e.g., one or more maintenance doses). However, other dosageregimens may be useful. The progress of the therapeutic effect of dosageadministration can be monitored by conventional techniques and assays.

Accordingly, in some embodiments of the methods of the presentdisclosure, the administration of the anti-CD200R1 antibody comprises adaily dosage from about 1 mg/kg to about 100 mg/kg. In some embodiments,the dosage of anti-CD200R1 antibody comprises a daily dosage of at leastabout 1 mg/kg, at least about 5 mg/kg, at least about 10 mg/kg, at leastabout 20 mg/kg, or at least about 30 mg/kg.

EXAMPLES

Various features and embodiments of the disclosure are illustrated inthe following representative examples, which are intended to beillustrative, and not limiting. Those skilled in the art will readilyappreciate that the specific examples are only illustrative of theinvention as described more fully in the claims which follow thereafter.Every embodiment and feature described in the application should beunderstood to be interchangeable and combinable with every embodimentcontained within.

Example 1: Generation of CD200R1 Polypeptides

This example illustrates the preparation of the various CD200R1polypeptide constructs used as antigens in eliciting and screening theanti-CD200R1 antibodies of the present disclosure.

A. CD200R1 Production

The Extracellular Domains of Four Hu-CD200R1 Isoforms,Hu-CD200R1-Iso4-Alt (SEQ ID NO: 1), hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref (SEQ ID NO: 2),hu-CD200R1-iso1-Alt (SEQ ID NO: 3), hu-CD200R1-iso1-Ref (SEQ ID NO: 4),and the analogous extracellular domain segments for cynomolgus monkeyCD200R1 (SEQ ID NO: 5), and rhesus monkey CD200R1 (SEQ ID NO: 6), werecloned into mammalian expression vectors with CMV promoter forexpression. The constructs contain a C-terminal purification tag,GGGSGLNDIFEAQKIEWHEGSGGHHHHHHHH (SEQ ID NO: 90) and an N-terminal mouseIgG1 heavy chain secretory signal, MGWSCIILFLVATATGVHS (SEQ ID NO: 91).The recombinant CD200R1 polypeptides were expressed using the Expi293system (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Mass., USA) with standardinstruction. Supernatant media was clarified by centrifugation at 300 gand subsequently filtered with 0.22 micron filter. The recombinantCD200R1 was purified from the filtered media by immobilized metalaffinity chromatography with a Histrap FF column (GE Healthcare,Chicago, Ill., USA) connected to an Akta purifier system (GEHealthcare). The eluate of the Histrap column was further purified bysize-exclusion chromatography in 1×PBS buffer with Superdex 200connected to an Akta purifier system (GE Healthcare). The major fractionof purified protein was concentrated and filtered by a 0.22 micronfilter.

B. CD200 Production

The extracellular domain of the human CD200 (SEQ ID NO: 7), andcynomolgus CD200 (SEQ ID NO: 8) were cloned into a mammalian expressionvectors with CMV promoter for expression. The constructs containN-terminal mouse IgG1 heavy chain secretory signal (SEQ ID NO: 91) and aC-terminal human IgG fragment crystallizable (Fc) region with N297Gmutation (SEQ ID NO: 9). CD200-Fc polypeptides were expressed using theExpi293 system (ThermoFisher) with standard instruction. Supernatantmedia was clarified by centrifugation at 300 g and subsequently filteredwith 0.22 micron filter. Recombinant CD200-Fc was purified from thefiltered media by affinity chromatography with a MabSelect SuRe column(GE Healthcare) connected to the Akta purifier system (GE Healthcare).Purified CD200-Fc was eluted from MabSelect SuRe with 100 mM sodiumcitrate, pH 3.0 and neutralized by 100 mM Tris pH8.8 immediately. Theeluate of MabSelect SuRe was further purified by size-exclusionchromatography in 1×PBS buffer with Superdex 200 connected to an Aktapurifier system (GE Healthcare). The major fraction of purified proteinwas concentrated and filtered by a 0.22 micron filter.

Example 2: Generation of Anti-CD200R1 Antibodies Using HybridomaMethods, Screening and Characterization

This example illustrates the methods using mouse hybridoma technology togenerate anti-CD200R1 antibodies, and methods to screen and selectantibodies for further characterization.

A. Immunization Campaign

Immunizations of BalbC (for 22.1) or Swiss Webster mice (for 10F6) werecarried out with recombinant extracellular domains ofhu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 1) and hu-CD200R1-iso4-Refhaplotype polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 2), which were produced in-house. TheSigma adjuvant system (Millipore Sigma St. Louis, Mo.) was used for allimmunizations. Titers were determined by ELISA as described below. Miceselected based on their titers were given a final pre-fusion boostwithout adjuvant. One day later, spleens were harvested and processedaccording to standard protocols. Splenocytes were fused with myelomacells P3X63Ag8.653 cells (American Type Culture Collection CRL 1580)using PEG and following standard protocols and plated into 96-wellplates at approximately 50,000 myeloma cells/well using standardtechniques to maximize clonality of the resulting colonies. Parentalhybridomas were selected using a selection medium supplemented with AH(Azaserine+Hypoxanthine).

B. ELISA Screening of Hybridoma Supernatants

After 12-14 days of culture, supernatants were collected and subjectedto primary screening by ELISA with 96 well plates coated with humanCD200R1. 96-well MAXISORP® flat bottom plates (ThermoScientific,catalogue number 439454) were coated overnight at 4° C. with 50 pg/wellof protein at a concentration of 1 μg/mL in coating buffer (0.05 Mcarbonate buffer, pH 9.6 or phosphate buffered saline, PBS). Afterremoving the coating solution, unspecific binding was blocked byaddition of 200 μL of assay/blocking solution containing 1% bovine serumalbumin (BSA) in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) pH 7.4 (ELISA diluent)and incubation at room temperature for one hour.

C. Hybridoma Sequencing

Monoclonal anti-CD200R1 hybridoma hits were grown to a density of1-3×10⁵ in standard hybridoma medium (DMEM/F12, 10% FBS, 1% Glutamax, 1%pen/strep) for 7-10 days in a T75 flask with >80% viability. 1-3 millioncells from cultures were pelleted in a 15 ml falcon tube at 300 g for 5min. Pelleted cells were washed by resuspending cells in 5 ml ice coldPBS. PBS was removed and cells were resuspended in 1 ml of TRIZOLreagent (Life technologies). The lysate was passed through a 1 mlsyringe with a 20G1 gauge needle (BD 305175) 20 times to ensure lysis ofthe cells. TRIZOL/cell suspension was immediately frozen on dry ice andstored at −80 C until processing.

Total RNA was isolated from the lysate using Direct-zol RNA MiniprepPlus kit (Zymo Research) and 5 ug of total RNA was used to generate5′-RACE-ready hybridoma cDNA using SMARTer RACE 5′ kit (Takara). Toamplify heavy chain and light chain specific gene fragments from thecDNA the following primers were used in conjunction with universalprimer provided in the kit in 5′-RACE PCR reactions:

-   -   (a) mouse V_(H) family specific variable region primers

(SEQ ID NO: 92) TCTTGTCCACCTTGGTGCTGCTGGCCGG, (SEQ ID NO: 93)TTTGTCCACCGTGGTGCTGCTGGCTGGT;

-   -   (b) mouse Vkappa family specific variable region primer:

(SEQ ID NO: 94) GATCAGTCCAACTGTTCAGGACGCC;or

-   -   (c) mouse Vlambda family specific variable region primers:

(SEQ ID NO: 95) ACACTCAGCACGGGACAAACTCTTCTCCACAGT, (SEQ ID NO: 96)ACACTCTGCAGGAGACAGACTCTTTTCCACAGT, (SEQ ID NO: 97)ACACTCAGCACGGGACAAACTCTTCTCCACATG.

PCR products were purified and cloned into pRACE using an In-Fusioncloning kit (Takara) and both strands were sequenced using SangerSequencer with M13 forward and M13 reverse primers. The VL domain, V_(H)domain, and hypervariable region (HVR) sequences of the sevenanti-CD200R1 hybridomas (10F6, 9B8, 5D1, 10A2, 1F3, 11E4, 22.1) aresummarized in Table 2. Alignment of the sequences of 10F6, 9B8, 5D1,10A2, 1F3, 11E4, 22.1 and a commercial antibody, OX108, are provided forthe VL domains in FIG. 1A and the VH domains in FIG. 1B.

D. Humanization of 10F6 and 22.1

The light chain variable region (VL) and heavy chain variable region(V_(H)) sequences of the murine 10F6 antibody were aligned against humangermline antibody sequences, and the human germline kappa light chain(Gene ID: IGKJ4.02) and the human germline heavy chain (Gene ID:IGHJ4.03) were identified as the closest human frameworks (alignmentshown FIG. 2 ). The complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) of murine10F6 light chain and heavy chain were grafted into the identifiedclosest human frameworks respectively to generate humanized antibodyclone. In this process, positions 24-34 in CDR-L1, 50-56 in CDR-L2 and89-97 in CDR-L3 of murine 10F6 VL were grafted to the human kappa lightchain framework acceptor, and positions 31-35 in CDR-H1, 50-61 inCDR-H2, and 93-102 in CDR-H3 of murine 10F6 VH were grafted to the humanheavy chain framework acceptor. The resulting VH domain, VL domain, andHVR sequences of the humanized version of 10F6, “h10F6” are summarizedin Table 3. The full-length heavy and light chain sequences of h10F6 arealso provided in Table 3. The 22.1 antibody was humanized similarly toprovide the h22.1 antibody. The relevant sequences of h22.1 are alsosummarized in Table 3.

E. Expression and Purification of h10F6 and h22.1

The heavy and light chain variable domains of humanized 10F6 (h10F6) andhumanized 22.1 were synthesized and cloned into pRK plasmid. Theexpression of recombinant humanized 10F6 IgG and 22.1 IgG was performedusing Expi293F expression system (Life Technologies) in accordance withthe instruction provided. The ratio of the plasmids for the heavy chainand the light chain was kept at 1 to 1 for the transfection reaction andthe transfected cells were cultured for 6 days before harvest.Recombinant IgG molecule was purified with the following protocols.Supernatant media was clarified by centrifugation at 300 g for 10 min toremove cells and by filtration with 0.22 micron filter. Clarifiedsupernatant media was mixed with POROS MabCapture A resin (ThermoScientific) equilibrated with PBS buffer and incubated with gentlerotation for 1.5 hrs at room temperature. After incubation, the slurrywas loaded into a column and the resin was washed with 20 column volumeof PBS buffer containing 0.5M NaCl then eluted with 3 column volumes of0.1M acetic acid, 0.15M NaCl. The eluent was quickly neutralized topH5.2 with 1M MOPS, pH7.0 and buffer exchanged to PBS buffer with PD-10column (GE Healthcare).

Example 3: Binding Affinity, Epitope Mapping, and Blocking Ability ofAnti-CD200R1 Antibodies

This example illustrates studies of binding and epitope characteristicsof anti-CD200R1 antibodies prepared in Examples 1 and 2.

A. CD20.R1 Binding Affinity Measurements

To determine binding affinities of the humanized anti-CD200R1, h10F6, tovarious human CD200R1 isoforms (Iso1 and Iso4, alternative or referencehaplotype) and to cyno CD200R1, SPR measurements were carried out usinga BIACORE™ 8K instrument. Briefly, a 1:4 dilution of Biotin CAPtureReagent (GE) into HBS-EP buffer (0.01 M HEPES pH 7.4, 0.15 M NaCl, 3 mMEDTA, 0.005% Surfactant P20) was applied to the chip at 2 μL/min flowrate. For kinetics measurements, 3 nM biotinylated human CD200R1. Next,3-fold serial dilutions of the antibody, h10F6 in HBS-P buffer (0.01MHEPES pH 7.4, 0.15M NaCl, 0.005% surfactant P20) from low (0.27 nM) tohigh (200 nM) were injected (flow rate: 30 μL/min) at 37° C. Thesensorgram was recorded and subject to reference and buffer subtractionbefore evaluating by BIACORE 8K Evaluation Software (version1.1.1.7442). Association rates (k_(on)) and dissociation rates (k_(off))were calculated using a simple one-to-one Langmuir binding model. Theequilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) was calculated as the ratio ofk_(off)/k_(on). The binding affinity of h10F6 to cyno-CD200R1 wasdetermined with the same protocol, using 6 nM biotinylated cyno-CD200R1.The binding affinity data for h10F6 to the various hu-CD200R1 isoformsis summarized below in Table 4.

TABLE 4 Binding affinities of h10F6 and OX108 to four differenthu-CD200R1 isoforms clone Kon (1/Ms) Koff (1/s) KD (M) Kon (1/Ms) Koff(1/s) KD (M) hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref hu-CD200R1-iso1-Ref h22.1 5.98E+051.15E−03 1.92E−09 3.02E+06 1.51E−03 5.01E−10 h11E4 1.90E+05 1.21E−046.39E−10 2.03E+05 1.13E−04 5.58E−10 h10A2 9.34E+05 1.41E−01 1.50E−071.13E+05 2.52E−02 2.24E−07 h10F6 7.17E+05 6.05E−05 8.43E−11 1.37E+067.47E−05 5.47E−11 h1F3 7.27E+05 1.96E−01 2.69E−07 2.02E+05 3.97E−021.97E−07 h5D1 6.69E+05 1.80E−01 2.70E−07 3.36E+05 2.35E−02 7.02E−08 h9B88.83E+02 6.09E−03 6.89E−06 3.56E+04 1.06E−02 2.97E−07 OX108 2.40E+053.89E−03 1.62E−08 3.43E+06 7.65E−03 2.23E−09 hu-CD200R1-iso4-Althu-CD200R1-iso1-Alt h22.1 6.04E+05 1.16E−03 1.92E−09 3.11E+06 1.66E−035.35E−10 h11E4 1.73E+05 1.55E−04 8.94E−10 1.93E+05 1.71E−04 8.85E−10h10A2 6.79E+05 5.16E−03 7.61E−09 3.71E+05 4.33E−03 1.17E−08 h10F67.57E+05 6.91E−05 9.13E−11 1.40E+06 9.79E−05 7.00E−11 h1F3 2.19E+059.59E−04 4.37E−09 1.65E+05 8.78E−04 5.32E−09 h5D1 6.02E+05 4.69E−037.80E−09 3.33E+05 4.02E−03 1.21E−08 h9B8 8.65E+05 1.21E−02 1.40E−083.72E+05 9.48E−03 2.55E−08 OX108 2.57E+05 3.86E−03 3.86E−03 3.86E+068.24E−03 2.13E−09

Results: As shown in Table 4, h10F6 has an affinity for binding tohu-CD200R1 that is between 100-fold to 1000-fold greater than thecommercially available antibody, OX108. The affinity is dependent on theparticular hu-CD200R1 isoform and haplotype used in the binding assay.As the long CD200R1 isoform 4 (iso4) is the predominant form (isoform 4is predicted to be in 86% and isoform 1 is predicted to be in 14% ofhealthy individuals from prediction analysis performed using a methodfor genome-guided prediction and quantification of splice events fromRNA-seq data from healthy and diseased samples from ALS, T1D, sepsis andmultiple sclerosis patients before and after interferon-beta treatment(see e.g., Linsley P. S., et al., PLoS One, 9(10): e109760 (2014)), withthe reference and alternate haplotype frequencies essentially splitamong the population (Ref 46% and Alt 54%), an anti-CD200R1 therapeuticshould bind with high affinity to both the reference and alternatehaplotypes of the predominant isoform 4 in order to accommodate patientheterogeneity and allow treatment of the broadest population. h10F6binds isoform 4 alt and isoform 4 ref with 1000-fold greater affinitythan OX108. In contrast, OX108 binds to the less common isoform 1 with10-fold greater affinity compared to its binding affinity for thepredominant isoform 4, which makes it less suitable as a therapeutic.The affinity of h10F6 to the cyno-CD200R1 is >1000 nM.

B. Hu-CD200R1 Blocking Measured by ELISA

h10F6, and 6 other humanized anti-CD200R1 antibodies (h22.1, h9B8, h5D1,h10A2, h1F3, and h11E4) were assayed for blocking of hu-CD200R1 by ELISAas follows. 96-well MAXISORP® flat bottom plates (Thermofisher, Cat#439454) were coated overnight at 4° C. with 1 pg/mL human CD200-Fc inPBS. After removing the coating solution, unspecific binding was blockedwith PBS containing 1% bovine serum albumin (BSA) and incubation at roomtemperature for one hour. Plates were then washed five times in PBS with0.05% TWEEN®-20 (wash buffer). During the blocking period, 60 μl/well of0.1 nM or 0.4 nM biotinylated human CD200R1 with serial dilution of theantibodies 60 ul/well (starting at 0.3 uM, 1:4 dilution) for one hour atroom temperature with PBS containing 0.5% BSA and 0.05% Tween 20 (ELISAbuffer) in NUNC F plate (Thermofisher, Cat #269620). Then transferredthe antigen-antibody mix solution 100 ul/well into huCD200-Fc coatedwells at room temperature for 15 min. Plates were then washed with washbuffer and added 50 μl/well Streptavidin poly-HRP (Thermofisher, Cat#21140) diluted 1:5000 in ELISA buffer at room temperature for 1 h. Theplates were washed with wash buffer and developed for 15 minutes byaddition of 50 μL/well of tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) microwellperoxidase substrate (VWR, Cat #95059-156). Enzymatic color developmentwas stopped with 50 μL/well of TMB stop solution (VWR, Cat #95059-200).Plates were analyzed with a SpectraMax i3X plate reader (MolecularDevices) at 450 nm.

Results: Plots depicting the ELISA blocking data for h10F6, h22.1, h9B8,h5D1, h10A2, h1F3, h11E4, against various isoforms of hu-CD200R1 areshown in FIG. 3 . As shown by the plots, the humanized anti-CD200R1,h10F6 is a better blocker the hu-CD200:hu-CD200R1 interaction than theother anti-CD200R1 antibodies tested.

The blocking IC₅₀ represents the concentration of h10F6 that inhibits50% of biotinylated hu-CD200R1 binding to coated hu-CD200-Fc. As shownby the IC₅₀ values summarized in Table 5, h10F6 blocks thehu-CD200:hu-CD200R1 interaction with an IC₅₀ between 1.7 nM to 6.6 nM,dependent on the particular hu-CD200R1 isoform and haplotype used in theblocking assay.

TABLE 5 CD200 blocking IC₅₀ of h10F6 to hu-CD200R1 hu-CD200:hu-CD200R1Blocking IC₅₀ (nM) Anti- hu-CD200R1- hu-CD200R1- hu-CD200R1- hu-CD200R1-body Iso4-Ref Iso1-Ref Iso4-Alt Iso1-Alt h10F6 1.77 5.26  2.24  6.62h22.1 5.32 5.86  4.59  7.45 h9B8 NonBlocker NonBlocker 27.91 21.1 h5D1NonBlocker NonBlocker 23.66 25.5 h10A2 NonBlocker NonBlocker 56.51 55.0h1F3 NonBlocker NonBlocker 14.79 21.4 h11E4 NonBlocker NonBlockerNonBlocker NonBlocker

C. Epitope Binning Analysis

Epitope binning experiments were carried out on six humanizedanti-CD200R1 antibodies h10F6, h9B8, h5D1, h10A2, h1F3, h11E4, andh22.1, prepared as described in Example 2. Epitope binning measurementswere performed with an OctetRed96 by capturing biotinylated HumanCD200R1 on SAV Octet sensors (ForteBio), binding antibody 1, andsubsequently probing with antibody 2. If antibody 2 was capable ofbinding antibody 1-bound CD200R1 then the two antibodies were assignedto different bins. If antibody 2 was unable to bind antibody 1-boundCD200R1 then the two antibodies were assigned to the same epitope bin.

Results: Results of the epitope binning experiments are summarized inTable 6. The six anti-CD200R1 antibodies measured were determined byepitope binning to recognize 3 distinct epitopes on CD200R1. h10F6 andh22.1 were determined to bind an overlapping CD200-blocking epitopes onCD200R1. The antibodies h9B8, h10A2, h5D1 and h1F3 share an epitope bin,while h11E4 binds a distinct epitope on CD200R.

TABLE 6 Epitope binning of anti-CD200R1 antibodies. Antibody h9B8 h5D1h10F6 h10A2 h11E4 h1F3 h22.1 h9B8 − − + − + − + h5D1 − − + − + − +h10F6 + + - + + + − h10A2 − − + − + − + h11E4 + + + + − + + h1F3 − − +− + − + h22.1 + + − + + + −

D. Cell-Based Assay of Hu-CD200R1 Blocking by Antibodies

Blocking activity of the humanized anti-CD200R1 antibodies was tested ina cell based assay as follows. U937 cells stably expressing hu-CD200R1(UNQ #Q8TD46) were incubated with human TruStain FcX (Biolegend, catalog#422302) for 10 min at 4 C before adding the anti-CD200R1 antibody for20 min at 4 C. Cells were washed, and then incubated with 55 nMhuCD200-Fc-Flag for 20 min at 4 C. Cells were washed, and thenhuCD200-Fc-Flag binding was detected by incubation with anti-Flag-PEclone LS (Biolegend Catalog #637310) for 20 min at 4 C. Cell binding wasanalyzed by flow cytometry with a CytoFLEX (Beckman Coulter). Bindingcurves were calculated based on the mean fluorescence intensity (MFI).

Results: As shown in FIG. 4 , the BinA antibody, h10F6 exhibits 10-foldand 6-fold stronger blocking of hu-CD200R1 (i.e., lower IC₅₀ values)than the two other BinA antibodies, OX108, and h22.1. The four humanizedBinB antibodies h9B8, h5D1, h10A2, and h1F3 have varying levels ofCD200R1 blocking activity weaker than h10F6, while the lone Bin Chumanized clone h11E4 does not block CD200Fc binding.

E. Binding of h10F6 and h22.1 to Human and Cynomolgus T Cells

The ability of the humanized anti-CD200R1 antibodies to bind toendogenous antigens was measured using human Pan T cells isolated fromhealthy donor (StemCell Technologies, catalog #70500.2) and cynomolgusmonkey peripheral blood mononuclear cells (WorldWide Primates). Forhuman, T cells were isolated using Pan T cell isolation kit (MiltenyiBiotec Catalog #130-095-535). Cells were incubated with human TruStainFcX (Biolegend, catalog #422302) for 10 min at 4 C, followed byincubation with a biotin labeled anti-CD200R1 antibody (h10F6 or h22.1)or an isotype control for 20 min at 4 C. Cells were washed and theanti-CD200R1 binding was detected using a streptavidin-PE (BDBiosciences). Human immune cell types were labeled with anti-CD4 cloneOKT4 and anti-CD8 clone RPA-T8 (Biolegend). Cyno immune cells werelabeled with anti-CD3 clone10D12, anti-CD4 clone M-T466, and anti-CD8clone BW135/80 (Miltenyi Biotec). Cell binding was analyzed by flowcytometry with a CytoFLEX (Beckman Coulter). Binding curves werecalculated based on the geometric mean fluorescence intensity.

Results: As shown in FIG. 5A, h10F6 has higher affinity to human T cellsthan h22.1 and OX108; however, as shown in FIG. 5B, neither h10F6 orOX108 display cross-reactivity with cynomolgus T cells.

Example 4: In Vitro and In Vivo Functional Assays of Anti-CD200R1Antibodies

This example illustrates in vitro cell-based assays and in vivo studiesused to characterize the functional activity of the anti-CD200R1antibodies of the present disclosure.

A. Immune Activation of PBMCs from Tumor Patients by Anti-CD200R1Antibodies

Functional activity of anti-CD200R1 antibodies was tested on primaryperipheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). PBMCs from nine tumorpatients were purchased from Discovery Life Sciences (Los Osos, Calif.).2-4×10⁴ cells were seeded per well in triplicates in a 384 well platewith 100 nM of the selected anti-CD200R1 antibodies. Cells were thenstimulated with 0.1 ng/mL Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) (ToxinTechnology Catalog #BT202) and cultured for three days at 37 C. IFNγlevels of the supernatant were determined by ELISA using the kitcommercially available from ThermoScientific. Average of biologicaltriplicates were normalized to isotype control and a multiple T testperformed to determine significant differences.

Results: As shown in FIG. 6 , the humanized anti-CD200R1 antibodies,h10F6 and h22.1, increased the production of IFNγ in samples derivedfrom patients having various cancer types. Specifically, FIG. 6 showsthe fold change of IFNγ production, normalized to isotype control, insamples treated with 100 nM of h10F6 or h22.1. Six of the 9 tumorpatients' cells had a statistically significant increase of IFNγproduction when treated with h10F6. Four of the 9 patients had asignificant treatment effect when treated with h22.1.

B: Primary Human Pan-T Cell Assay

Functional activity of anti-CD200R1 antibodies in rescuing IFNγsecretion was measured in the presence of plate-bound CD200-Fc. Primaryhuman Pan-T cells isolated from healthy PBMC donors (Stem Cell, catalog#70500.2) were chronically stimulated with 2 μg/mL PHA (Sigma, catalog#11082132001) and 4 ng/mL human IL-2 (Roche, catalog #24951700) for 7days in complete media. Cells were then harvested and primed with 40ng/mL human IL-4 (Peprotech, catalog #200-04) for 24 hrs. Prior toplating cells, plates were coated overnight at 4° C. with 1 pg/mLanti-CD3 clone OKT3 (Biolegend, catalog #317326) and 15 pg/mL humanCD200Fc or Isotype control diluted in PBS (Corning, cat #21-040-CM).Cells were harvested, washed and plated with anti-CD200R1 antibodies for24 hrs. Cell supernatant was harvested and cytokines, human IFNγ(Invitrogen, Catalog #88-7025-88) and human IL-2 (Invitrogen, coated88-7316-88), secretion were measured by ELISA.

Results: As shown in FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B, treatment with the h10F6 IgGshows functional rescue of IL-2 secretion in two different healthydonors (Donor 203 and Donor 538), whereas rescue by treatment with h22.1is only seen in one donor. As shown in FIG. 7C and FIG. 7D, treatmentwith h10F6 also showed better efficacy in dose-dependent responses thanthe isotype control in IL-2 secretion (FIG. 7C) and better efficacy thanthe commercial antibody, OX108 in IFNγ secretion (FIG. 7D).

D. Primary Human Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction Assay

Functional activity of humanized anti-CD200R1 antibodies was measuredusing Pan-T cells and polarized dendritic cells in an allogeneic mixedlymphocyte reaction assay. PBMCs were prepared from healthy donorleukopaks from Stemcell Technologies, Cat #70500.1 by centrifugation andred blood cell lysis using ACK Lysis buffer (Gibco, Cat #A10492-01).Monocytes were isolated from PBMCs using a pan monocyte isolation kit(Miltenyi, Cat #130-096-537). Pan-T cells were isolated using Miltenyi'sPan-T Cell isolation kit (Miltenyi, Cat #130-096-535). Monocytes werethen plated at 1 million/mL in complete media with 20 ng/mL GM-CSF(Fisher Scientific, catalog #215GM010) and IL-4 (Fisher Scientific,catalog #204IL010) for 7 days. Dendritic cells were then furtherpolarized into immunogenic DCs using 100 ng/mL LPS (Sigma, catalog#L-4391) and 50 ng/mL TNFα (Fisher Scientific, catalog #210TA020CF) ortolerized DCs using 20 ng/mL IL-10 (Fisher Scientific, catalog#217IL010) and 20 ng/mL IFNa-2b (Fisher Scientific, catalog #111051) for3 days. After polarization, Pan-T cells and mature DCs were mixedtogether at a 1:20 panT:DC cell ratio with 10 pg/mL anti-CD200R1antibody or isotype control in complete media. MLR supernatants andcells were harvested on days 4, 5, and 6 to assess the activation of Tcells. Cytokine secretion was measured using IFNγ Human LuminexProcartaplex kits (ThermoFisher, catalog #EPX01A-10228-901). To assess Tcell activation, cells were incubated with human TruStain FcX(Biolegend, catalog #422302) for 10 min at 4 C followed by extracellularstains anti-CD3 Clone UCHT1, anti-CD4 Clone OKT4, anti-CD8 clone RPA-T8,anti-CD86 clone BU63, anti-CD11c clone BU15. In addition, activationmarkers added to measure T-Cell activation were anti-CD69 clone FN50,anti-CD25 clone BC96, and anti-HLA-DR clone L243. Cells were stained for20 min at 4° C. and washed to prepare for intracellular staining.Foxp3/Transcription Factor Staining Buffer Set (Thermofisher Scientific,catalog #00-5523-00) was used to fix and permeabilize the cells forintracellular staining with anti-Ki67 clone B56 for 45 min at 4 C. Afterintracellular staining, cells were washed again and resuspended inPBS+2% FBS. Expression was analyzed by flow cytometry with a CytoFLEX(Beckman Coulter).

Results: As shown in FIG. 8A, FIG. 8B, and FIG. 8C, treatment with thehumanized anti-CD200R antibody, h10F6 increases activation in CD8 Tcells (FIG. 8A), proliferation in CD4 T cells (FIG. 8B), and IFNγsecretion (FIG. 8C) greater than h22.1 IgG and significantly beyondisotype control.

E. Phosoho-Dok2 Induction Assay of Anti-CD200R1 Antibodies

Upon engagement with CD200, CD200R1 inhibitory signaling is initiatedvia the recruitment of Dok2 kinase to the phosphotyrosine bindingrecognition motif of CD200R1 (see e.g., Mihrshahi 2009, and Mihrshahi2010). Agonism activity of the humanized anti-CD200R1 antibodies, h10F6and h22.1, was evaluated by the induction of phospho-Dok2 in both U937monocytic cell line (ATCC #CRL-1593.2) and U937 stably expressinghu-CD200R1 cell lines. Once serum starved for 18 hr, parental or CD200R1over-expressing cells were treated with various concentrations ofsoluble humanized anti-CD200R1 or an isotype control or CD200-Fc for 60min. Cells were lysed in 1×SDS+protease and phosphatase inhibitors.Lysates were separated on NuPAGE 4-12% Bis-Tris MES SDS (BioRad) innon-reducing conditions. Western blots were performed using anti-pDok2Y351 (Cell Signaling Technology Catalog #3911S) and anti-Dok2 (SantaCruz Biotechnology Catalog #sc-17830).

Results: As shown in FIG. 9 , compared to the wildtype (WT) U937 cellline, pDok2 is induced when treated with the 200 nM highest dose ofsoluble CD200-Fc, 33 nM of OX108, and as low as 5.6 nM of h22.1. Incontrast, treatment with h10F6 failed to induce pDok2 compared to WTsuggesting that h10F6 lacks CD200R1 agonistic characteristics. Theability of h10F6 to block CD200R1 binding of CD200 while notinadvertently agonizing CD200R1 signaling (as measured by pDok2expression), greatly enhances the therapeutic capability of h10F6relative to h22.1 and OX108, both of which exhibit inadvertent CD200R1agonistic activity.

F Antagonist Activity Against K562-CD200R1 Assayed NFKb-Luc ReporterCell Line

CD200 was previously reported to induce NFkB transcription whenco-culturing CD200 with CD200R1 expressing cell lines (see e.g., Wang,et al., Nat. Med., 25: 656-666 (2019)). A K562 monocytic cell line (ATCCCCL-243) was engineered with stable expression of CD200R1 and a NFkBluciferase reporter in order to measure the antagonistic activity of thehumanized anti-CD200R1 antibodies, h10F6 and h22.1. Both bivalent andmonovalent Fab formats of the anti-CD200R1 clones, h22.1 and h10F6, wereadded at varying concentrations to a co-culture of K562 reporter cellsand 293T stably expressing CD200 (UNQ #P41217) for 6 hours at 37 C.Cultures were supplemented with 20 ng/mL of TNFα (RnD Systems Catalog#210-TA).

Results: As shown in FIG. 10A and FIG. 10B, NFkB transcription isinduced by CD200⁺ expressing cells compared to CD200⁻ expressing cells.After adding blocking antibodies to the co-cultures, differences inantagonistic function between h10F6 and h22.1 become apparent. Bothbivalent (FIG. 10A) and monovalent h10F6 (FIG. 10B) can block CD200driven NFkB transcription to baseline level. CD200⁺ co-culture withh22.1 IgG, however, only partially blocks NFkB induction, and themonovalent h22.1 Fab has no effect.

Example 5: Affinity Maturation of Humanized Anti-CD200R1 Antibody h10F6

This example illustrates phage library construction and panningtechniques used for affinity maturation of the humanized anti-CD200R1antibody h10F6 for improved binding to both hu-CD200R1 and cyno-CD200R1.

A. h10F6 Affinity Maturation NNK Library Construction and Panning

To identify affinity matured variant sequences of the anti-CD200R1antibody clone h10F6, phage libraries were constructed in Fab-amberformat for monovalent Fab phage display with heavy chain and light chainresidues randomized using the NNK degenerate codon that encodes for all20 amino acids with 32 codons (Brenner et al., 1992). Libraries weredesigned to allow one NNK mutation in each of the three light chain orheavy chain HVRs. Synthesized mutagenesis oligonucleotides were thenused to construct heavy chain and light chain libraries using Kunkelmutagenesis (Kunkel et al., 1987). The resultant library DNA waselectroporated into E. coli XL 1 cells, yielding approximately 6.5×10⁸to 4.3×10⁹ transformants.

Phage libraries were incubated in SUPERBLOCK™ PBS buffer (Pierce) and0.05% TWEEN® 20 for 30 min and then applied on hu-CD200R1 (iso4, Alt andRef haplotypes) and cyno-CD200R1 coated plate for first round panning.In the subsequent two to three rounds, phage libraries were incubatedwith decreasing concentration of biotinylated hu-CD200R1 or cyno-CD200R1antigen. The eluted phage was infected with log-phase XL-1 and plated onLB carbenicillin plate at 37° C. overnight for further affinityscreening.

To extract sequences from affinity maturation libraries using NGS,phagemid double stranded DNA was isolated from E. coli XL-1 cellscarrying phagemids from the initial phage library (unsorted libraries)and from the first and second rounds of solution selection (sortedlibraries). Purified DNA was used as the template to generate ampliconsof V_(H) and VL regions using Illumina 16s library preparation protocol.Sequencing adapters and dual-index barcodes were added using IlluminaNextera XT Index Kit. In preparation for sequencing on Illumina MiSeq,adapter-ligated amplicons were subjected to standard Illumina librarydenaturing and sample loading protocol using MiSeq Reagent Kit v3 (600cycles). Paired-end sequencing was performed to cover the entire lengthof the amplicon with insert size of 200 bp to 300 bp.

Paired-end sequencing data were first assembled using paired-endassembler PANDAseq (Masella et al., 2012) to obtain complete amplicons.Quality control (QC) was then performed on identified amplicons, whereeach amplicon was checked for no insertion or deletion of sequences andno stop codons, each CDR sequence was allowed to carry only up to oneNNK mutation and no non-NNK mutation. Position weight matrices weregenerated by calculating the frequency of all mutations of everyrandomized position. Enrichment ratios for each mutation were calculatedby dividing the frequency of a given mutation at a given position in thesorted sample with the frequency of the very same mutation in theunsorted sample, as described previously (Koenig et al., 2015).

Results: The enriched HVR mutations that support increased binding ofthe resulting h10F6 variant to both hu-CD200R1 and cyno-CD200R1 aresummarized in Table 7.

TABLE 7 h10F6 mutation in VH and VL domains supporting increasedhu-CD200R1 and cyno-CD200R1 binding affinity VH VL Position Preferredamino acids Position Preferred amino acids VH Domain VL Domain T30 E, D,K, S, A, H, N, R, V, Y G30C N, D N31 D, E, K, G N30D E, A, S, D, V, Q,T, K Y32 N, T, S S31 — A33 G, S, P, A, N, T, R, W F32 M, H, Y, S, N V34I, V, M, L, T, E R50 N, G, Q, D S35 A, G, T, S, N, C A51 G V50 T, S, E,A, N, D S52 N, K, D, E, H, T, Q M51 A, S, V, T, E, I N53 E W52 H, N, S,R, Y L54 R, K A53 S, T, V, A, G E55 A G54 N, E, S, D, K H89 G, A, M, SG55 — Q90 — G56 E, D, K, N S91 — T57 A, V, S N92 A, M, F, Y N58 S, D, A,M E93 G, W Y59 I, V, E, T D94 — N60 D P95 — S61 E, D, K, N, G, T P96 —A93 V, T, I R94 A E95 T, S, N, Q, A, M R96 I, V, K, M, L P97 G, N, S, M,V, A L98 G, M, A, K, R, N T99 S, E, N, G G100 — V100A E, A, T, I, PM100B L D101 E Y102 V, I, K, E, N

Example 6: Characterization of Purified Affinity-Improved Variants ofh10F6

This example illustrates hu-CD200R1 and cyno-CD200R1 binding affinityand blocking by selected h10F6 variants, h10F6.V1, h10F6.V2, h10F6.V3,and h10F6.V4, prepared by affinity maturation as described in Example 6.

A. Biacore Binding

h10F6 variants were synthesized for cloning into a mammalian expressionconstruct to generate IgG1 proteins. The LC and HC sequences of thevariant IgG1 proteins are summarized in Table 3. The h10F6.V1 has LC ofSEQ ID NO: 71 and HC of SEQ ID NO: 88. h10F6.V2 has a LC of SEQ ID NO:68 (same as h10F6 and h10F6.V3) and a HC of SEQ ID NO: 89 (same ash10F6.V4. h10F6.V3 has a LC of SEQ ID NO: 68 (same as h10F6 andh10F6.V2), and a HC of SEQ ID NO: 88 (same h10F6.V1). h10F6.V4 has a LCof SEQ ID NO: 71 (same as h10F6.V1) and a HC of SEQ ID NO: 89 (same ash10F6.V2).

Plasmids encoding the heavy or light chain were expressed and purifiedas described in Example 2. To determine the binding kinetics of selectedh10F6 affinity improved variants binding to hu-CD200R1-iso4 (Alt and Refhaplotypes) and cyno-CD200R1, SPR measurement with a BIACORE™ 8Kinstrument was performed as in Example 3.A. Briefly, h10F6 variants werediluted at 0.5 pg/mL in HBS-P buffer (0.01 M HEPES pH 7.4, 0.15 M NaCl,0.005% Surfactant P20) and applied to the Protein A chip at 30 μL/minflow rate for 60 sec in flow cell 2 (FC2). Then flow 3-fold serialdilutions of human or cyno-CD200R1 in HBS-P buffer (0.01M HEPES pH 7.4,0.15M NaCl, 0.005% surfactant P20) from 300 nM were injected (flow rate:30 μL/min) at 37° C. to both flow cell 1 (FC1) and flow cell 2 (FC2).The sensorgram was recorded and subject to reference and buffersubtraction before evaluation by BIACORE® 8K Evaluation Software(version 1.1.1.7442). Association rates (k_(on)) and dissociation rates(k_(off)) were calculated using a simple one-to-one Langmuir bindingmodel. The equilibrium dissociation constant (KD) was calculated as theratio of k_(off)/k_(on), summarized in Table 8.

TABLE 8 Binding affinity of h10F6 variants to human hu-CD200R1 andcyno-CD200R1 hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref cyno-CD200R1 KonKoff KD Kon Koff KD Kon Koff KD Variants (1/Ms) (1/s) (M) (1/Ms) (1/s)(M) (1/Ms) (1/s) (M) h10F6.V1 1.44E+06 1.17E−03 8.14E−10 1.35E+069.64E−04 7.16E−10 4.36E+05 4.57E−03 1.05E−08 h10F6.V2 6.35E+05 4.25E−036.68E−09 6.07E+05 3.67E−03 6.04E−09 2.16E+05 3.51E−03 1.63E−08 h10F6.V32.04E+06 1.91E−03 9.35E−10 1.88E+06 1.53E−03 8.17E−10 3.22E+05 1.95E−026.07E−08 h10F6.V4 3.88E+05 3.87E−03 9.99E−09 3.77E+05 3.36E−03 8.93E−091.93E+05 1.13E−03 5.87E−09

Results: As shown by the binding affinity values summarized in Table 8,four variants, h10F6.V1, h10F6.V2, h10F6.V3, and h10F6.V4, wereidentified as exhibiting are binding cross-reactivity to the hu-CD200R1and cyno-CD200R1.

B. Blocking Assay

The four h10F6 variants, h10F6.V1, h10F6.V2, h10F6.V3, and h10F6.V4,were assayed for performance in a human CD200:CD200R1 blocking ELISAassay carried out as described in Example 3.B. Blocking IC₅₀ values weredetermined representing the concentration of the anti-CD200R1 variantIgG1 that inhibits 50% of the biotinylated hu-CD200R1 or thebiotinylated cyno-CD200R1 binding to coated hu-CD200-Fc orcyno-CD200-Fc.

Results: As summarized in Table 9, the four h10F6 variants exhibitedcross-reactive blocking activity with h10F6.V1 exhibiting the strongestblocking of both hu-CD200R1 and cyno-CD200R1.

TABLE 9 CD200:CD200R1 blocking IC₅₀ of h10F6 variants. CD200:CD200R1IC₅₀ (nM) Variants hu-CD200R1-iso4 Ref cyno-CD200R1 h10F6.V1 0.58 2.44h10F6.V2 4.79 4.25 h10F6.V3 0.56 11.39 h10F6.V4 10.91 2.15

Example 7: Rat Pharmacokinetic Study of Anti-CD200R1 Antibodies

This Example illustrates an in vivo pharmacokinetic (PK) study in ratsof the humanized anti-CD200R1 antibodies h10F6 and h22.1.

Materials and methods: the humanized anti-CD200R1 antibodies h10F6 andh22.1 were intravenously dosed in Sprague-Dawley rats. A single dose of10 mg/kg or 1 mg/kg was given to 2 male and 2 female rats per dosinggroup. Blood collections were taken 5 min, 2 h, 6 h, 24 h, 3 days, 7days, 10 days, 14 days, 17 days and 21 days post injection. Anti-CD200R1levels in serum were quantified using a generic ELISA method capturinghuman IgG antibodies with sheep anti human IgG1 and detection withbiotin labeled goat anti-human IgG (H+L) and streptavidin-HRP.Noncompartmental analysis was used to calculate the PK parameters withtime range from 3-21 days.

As shown in FIG. 11 , the pharmacokinetics exemplifies that of anon-targeted mediated depletion profile. The half-life of h10F6 rangesfrom 11.4 to 14.8 days in 1 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg dosing groups,respectively. The half-life of h22.1 is approximately 12 days in bothdosage groups. One animal in the 10 mg/kg h22.1 group had a fasterclearance profile compared to other 3 rats in the same group and wasomitted from the analysis.

Mean PK parameters of h10F6 in rats are summarized in Table 10 below.Following a single IV bolus injection of 1 or 10 mg/kg to Sprague-Dawleyrats, the h10F6 serum concentration declined in a biphasic manner. ThePK of h10F6 was dose proportional and similar in males and females. Themean terminal half-life of h22.1 in Sprague-Dawley rats was 11.4 and14.8 days for a dose of 1 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg, respectively.

TABLE 10 PK Parameters of h10F6 Following Single-dose IV Administrationin Rats Mean PK Parameters (N = 4; 2M/2F) CL AUC_(last) AUC_(inf) Doseof T_(1/2) (mL/kg) V_(ss) C_(max) (day * (day * AUC_(extra) h10F6 day)(day) (mL/kg/ (μg/mL) μg/mL) μg/mL) (%) 1 mg/kg 11.4 5.35 82.5 32.0139.5 188.2 26.0 CV (%) 11.9 9.4 17.7 21.9 11.6 8.6 13.1 10 14.8 6.17113 258 1068 1705 35.5 mg/kg CV (%) 48.0 24.1 15.2 9.3 12.1 27.7 26.0

Example 8: Single-Dose Pharmacokinetics of h10F6 in Monkeys

A single-dose PK study of h10F6 was performed in cynomolgus monkeys, anonbinding species, to characterize its PK properties and tolerability.

Naïve cynomolgus monkeys (N=8, 4M/4F) were administered h10F6 by singleIV bolus injection at 2 and 20 mg/kg, respectively (2M/2F per group).The concentration of h10F6 in serum, clinical chemistry parameters,hematology parameters, and general health and appearance of the monkeyswere monitored for 35 days post-dose. Blood samples for PK analysis werecollected predose and at 15 min, 2 hours, 8 hours, and 1, 2, 4, 7, 10,14, 21, 28, and 35 days post-dose. Samples for clinical pathology werecollected predose and on Day 1 and Day 35 post-dose. The concentrationof h10F6 in monkey serum samples was determined using an ELISA that wasdeveloped and qualified to measure the concentration of h10F6 with alower limit of quantification (LLOQ) of 0.06 sg/mL. Theconcentration-time PK profiles of h10F6 in monkeys are shown in FIG. 12.

Mean PK parameters of h10F6 in monkeys are summarized in Table 11 below.Following a single IV bolus injection of 2 or 20 mg/kg h10F6 tocynomolgus monkeys, h10F6 serum concentrations declined in a biphasicmanner. The mean terminal half-life (T½) of h10F6 was 11.5 and 13.3 daysfor the 2 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg groups, respectively. The PK of h10F6 wasdose proportional and no sex differences were observed over the studieddose range of 2 to 20 mg/kg. Two of the 8 monkeys (one male and onefemale in the 20 mg/kg group) showed a sharp decrease in serumconcentration of h10F6 between Day 14 and Day 21. This finding wasattributed to the possible formation of antidrug antibodies (ADAs). Assuch, PK parameters that were suspected to have been impacted by ADAswere excluded from h10F6 summary data and a partial AUC (AUC0-14D) wasincluded in the PK analysis. Exclusion of data from two animals withsuspected ADA from the summary mean data did not impact the conclusionsfor h10F6 dose proportionality or sex differences.

10F6 had linear PK in monkeys, similar PK in males and females, and themean values for clearance and estimated volume of distribution atsteady-state were consistent with values that are typical for humanizedIgG with linear PK in monkeys (Betts, et al., 2018). As expected for anon-binding species, the PK profile of h10F6 suggests that linear,nonsaturable, non-specific clearance mechanisms are the predominantelimination pathway of h10F6 in monkeys. h10F6 was well toleratedthrough Day 35 based on clinical observations and an assessment of serumchemistry and hematology parameters.

TABLE 11 PK Parameters of h10F6 Following Single-dose IV Administrationto Monkeys Mean PK Parameters (N = 4 is 2M/2F; N = 2 is 1M/1F)AUC_(last) CL Dose of C_(max) AUC_(0-14D) (day * T_(1/2) (mL/ V_(ss)h10F6 (μg/mL) (%) μg/mL) (day) kg/day) (mL/kg) 2 mg/kg 69.0 371 582 11.53.04 50.8 CV (%) 19.6 9.5 11.1 15.7 15.7 14.0 N 4 4 4 4 4 4 20 mg/kg 5883100 5470 13.3 13.3 57.7 CV (%) 4.9 13.9 ND ND ND ND N 4 4 2 2 2 2

Example 9: Pharmacokinetics of h10F6 in Humans

The PK of h10F6 was assessed in single dose studies ranging from 2 to 20mg/kg in cynomolgus monkey and 1 to 10 mg/kg in Sprague-Dawley rats.h10F6 exposure was approximately dose proportional, and no differenceswere observed between males and females. The PK profiles do not suggestevidence of target mediated disposition or ADA effects, with theexception of 2 monkeys dosed at 20 mg/kg which had a PK profilesuggestive of ADA formation. These results support that allometricmethods can be appropriate to predict the human PK of h10F6.

Human PK parameters such as clearance and volume of distribution werecalculated from nonclinical data in monkeys, as shown in Table 12 below.Briefly, h10F6 serum concentrations in monkeys declined afteradministration in a biphasic manner. Therefore, concentration-time datafrom N=8 monkeys dosed 2 or 20 mg/kg h10F6, with ADA-suspected dataexcluded, were simultaneously fit to a two-compartment model. The monkeyPK parameters from this model were scaled allometrically to derive humanPK parameters, based on an assumption that volume of distribution terms(V1 and V2) scale with allometric exponent=1, and that clearance terms(CL and Q) scale with exponent=0.85 (Deng, et al., 2011). Body weightsof 2.4 kg (mean body weight of monkeys in single dose PK study,h10F6-VIV-01) and 70 kg were adopted for monkey and human weights,respectively. The scaled human PK parameters for a 70-kg person fallwithin the typical range for humanized IgG monoclonal antibodies.

Because h10F6 is specific to CD200R1 from humans, target-mediated drugdisposition could not be assessed preclinically. However, toxicokinetic(TK) data from the GLP h10F6.V1 hazard identification study can beassessed for TMDD, and findings from this study can be used to inform orpotentially refine the h10F6 human PK prediction if TMDD is found to bea dominant clearance pathway of h10F6.V1 in monkeys. Based on these PKparameters, the h10F6 elimination half-life can be calculated to be 19.4days.

TABLE 12 Predicted PK Parameters of h10F6 in Humans Parameter (Unit)Value CL (L/day) 0.158 (mL/day/kg) 2.254 V1 (L) 2.61 Q (L/day) 0.953(mL/day/kg) 13.6 V2 (L) 1.83

The predicted PK parameters of h10F6 in humans were used to estimateh10F6 PK in healthy volunteers and patients to inform the selection ofthe starting dose and the anticipated therapeutic dose range,respectively.

The PK of h10F6 in humans can be assumed to be linear over the doserange. However, the elimination half-life may be shorter than predictedat low doses, when target-mediated drug disposition can be a contributorto the total clearance in humans. Therefore, the AUC of h10F6 can beover-predicted in healthy volunteers and patients, particularly at lowdoses. As such, assuming linearity over the entire dose range results ina conservative approach to dose selection, particularly at low doses.

Doses presented in Table 13 below can be maximum doses evaluated inhealthy volunteers, assuming a starting dose of 0.3 mg and a maximumdose increase of a half-log (˜3-fold). These doses can be informed by ahazard identification study, such as a hazard identification study inh10F6.V1, and h10F6 ex vivo tissue cross-reactivity study, and can bemodified if warranted based on review of the data. The totality of thesafety, PK and PD data from prior cohorts will be carefully consideredin the SRC's dose escalation decisions.

TABLE 13 Predicted Exposure of h10F6 in Healthy Volunteers PredictedPharmacokinetic Parameters in Healthy Volunteers Dose (mg) C_(max)(ug/mL) AUC_(inf) (day * ug/mL) 0.3 0.115 1.94 1.0 0.384 6.77 3.0 1.1520.3 10 3.84 67.7 30 11.5 203.0 100 38.4 676.6 300 115 2030 900 345 6089

The predicted human PK parameters were also used to estimate h10F6 PK inpatients to inform the anticipated therapeutic dose range. The followingassumptions were used to estimate h10F6 PK in patients, including linearPK, Q3W dosing, or serum to tumor partition coefficient of 10%, or anycombination thereof.

The actual dose frequency to be used in patients can be informed by thesafety, PK and PD data from the multiple dose study of h10F6.V1 inpatients with advanced cancer. Patients can have higher levels ofCD200R1 expression (e.g., TILs) than healthy volunteers, and thepresence of CD200R1 can lead to faster clearance and lower exposure ofh10F6, for example at low doses when target-mediated clearance is notfully saturated. While CD200R1 is a low-density surface receptor, it canbe expressed at its highest level on myeloid lineage cells, for exampleneutrophils, whose rapid turnover can dominate the h10F6 elimination atlow doses. Due to for example the expression of CD200R1 on TILs in thetumor, an equivalent or higher dose of h10F6 can be administered toachieve linear PK in patients compared to the dose of h10F6 thatachieves linear PK in healthy volunteers. The concentration of anantibody in a solid tumor can be on average 10% to 30% of the serumconcentration. A conservative approach of 10% can be used to inform themaximum dose being considered for each cohort.

Example 10: Binding of Anti-CD200R1 Antibodies to Primary Human Cells

To confirm that h10F6 binds to endogenous CD200R1 expressed on humancells, the binding of h10F6 to peripheral immune cell subsets wasdetermined by flow cytometry using human PBMC from healthy donors.

In PBMC isolated from 3 donors, h10F6 binding to immune subsets matchedthe expected CD200R1 expression reported in the literature (Wright, etal., 2003; Rijkers, et al., 2008; Czarnowicki, et al., 2017); CD4+ Tcells expressed the highest levels of CD200R1, slightly lower expressionwas observed on CD8+ T cells. In comparison, a substantially lower levelof CD200R1 expression was observed on B cells; the distribution ofstaining of B cells was bimodal, suggesting that a subset (approximately16%) of total B cells expressed CD200R1. h10F6 shows limited binding toperipheral monocytes from 3 healthy donors. These results are consistentwith studies using a commercial anti-CD200R1 antibody and freshlyisolated monocytes from 3 other healthy donors (data not shown). Thebinding to T-cell subtypes was evaluated by testing serial dilutions ofh10F6 (FIG. 13 ); the EC50 values for binding to these peripheral immunesubsets was consistent across the 3 donors tested, ranging from 0.30 to0.40 nM, as shown in Table 14 below.

TABLE 14 Potency of h10F6 Binding to T Cells Donor ID Sample Type CellType EC₅₀ (MFI) RG1307 PBMC CD4+ 0.33 nM CD8+ 0.40 nM RG1212 PBMC CD4+0.35 nM CD8+ 0.33 nM RG1907 PBMC CD4+ 0.35 nM CD8+ 0.30 nM

To recapitulate a tissue-resident DC phenotype, monocytes from healthydonor PBMC were isolated using a monocyte isolation kit and thendifferentiated in vitro with 20 ng/mL of granulocyte-macrophage colonystimulating factor (GMCSF) and 20 ng/mL of IL-4 for 1 week. h10F6displayed binding to monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MoDC) across the3 individual donors that were evaluated, and similar dose-responsecurves were obtained (FIG. 14 ). Binding EC50 values (0.45 to 0.60 nM)across donors are summarized in Table 15 below.

TABLE 15 Potency of Anti-CD200R1 Antibodies to Monocyte-DerivedDendritic Cells (MoDCs) EC₅₀ (mean fluorescence Donor ID Sample TypeCell Type intensity, MFI) RG2052 Differentiated monocytes MoDC 0.45 nMRG1802 Differentiated monocytes MoDC 0.60 nM RG1549 Differentiatedmonocytes MoDC 0.60 nM

Example 11: Anti-CD200-R1 Antibodies do not Bind to Primary Rat, Rabbit,Dog, Marmoset, Rhesus, and Cynomolgus Monkey PBMCs

The ability of h10F6 to bind to immune cells from other species was alsoevaluated. Common species that shared ≥50% sequence homology to humanCD200R1 were selected for evaluation and included rat CD200R1 (54%extracellular domain, ECD, similarity), dog CD200R1 (50% ECDsimilarity), rabbit CD200R1 (61% ECD similarity), marmoset (82% ECDsimilarity), rhesus monkey (91% ECD similarity), and cynomolgus monkey(89% ECD similarity). Results of flow cytometry analyses of PBMC fromeach respective species demonstrated that h10F6 did not bind to rat(FIG. 15F), rabbit (FIG. 15D), or dog (FIG. 15B) primary immune cells.h10F6 also showed no binding to rhesus (FIG. 15C), marmoset (FIG. 15E),or cynomolgus monkey (FIG. 15F) cells despite high sequence homology.

Lack of cross-reactivity to rabbit, marmoset, rhesus and cynomolgusmonkey CD200R1 was confirmed by measuring binding of h10F6 to CHO cellstransfected with full-length CD200R1 consensus sequences for thesespecies, with human CD200R1 used as positive control (FIG. 16 ).Consistent with the results observed with primary cells, h10F6 onlyrecognized human CD200R1.

Example 12: Expression of CD200R1 on Peripheral and Tumor-InfiltratingImmune Cells

The expression of CD200 and CD200R1 was assessed on tumor-infiltratinglymphocytes (TILs) from cryopreserved dissociated tumor tissue andmatched PBMC from clear cell renal, breast, melanoma, endometrialadenocarcinoma and ovarian cancer patients to understand theirdistribution on immune cells in the periphery compared to the tumormicroenvironment (CD200, FIG. 5 of IND book; CD200R1, FIG. 6 of INDbook). While the CD200 levels on peripheral immune cells were similarbetween cancer patients and healthy donors (FIG. 17B), CD200 expressionlevels were upregulated in tumor-infiltrating immune cells, includingCD4+ T cells (FIG. 17A), CD8+ T cells (FIG. 17C) in all 5 cancerpatients tested. Tumor infiltrating CD11b+ myeloid cells in 4 out of 5cancer patients also demonstrated elevated CD200 expression compared tomatched samples from the periphery (FIG. 17D). The CD200R1 expression onpatient PBMC subsets was comparable to healthy control expression levels(FIG. 18B). However, CD200R1 had higher expression on CD4+ (FIG. 18A)and CD8+ (FIG. 18C) TIL T cells compared to matched peripheral samplesin 4 out of 5 cancer patients. In all 5 patient samples tested, TIL Bcells and CD11b+ myeloid cells demonstrated elevated CD200R1 expressioncompared to matched peripheral samples (FIG. 18D). This data confirmsliterature reports of CD200 and CD200R1 upregulation in the tumormicroenvironment (Zheng, et al., 2017; Thommen, et al., 2018; Cassetta,et al., 2019) and suggests that elevated expression of the CD200R1inhibitory receptor and its ligand are likely contributing to theimmunosuppressive tumor microenvironment.

Example 13: Blocking of the CD200/CD200R1 Interaction by Anti-CD200-R1Antibodies

A. Displacement of Pre-Bound CD200 from Cells Expressing CD200R1 byAnti-CD200-R1 Antibodies

In the context of a tumor and tumor-infiltrating immune cells, aproportion of CD200 expressed on tumor cells and/or endothelial cells onblood vessels is expected to be pre-bound to CD200R1 expressed on immunecells. To evaluate the capacity of h10F6 to displace pre-bound CD200from CD200R1, a U937 cell line was engineered to express hCD200R1(U937-CD200R1) and pre-incubated with varying concentrations ofhCD200-Fc prior to incubation with h10F6. The assay was performed bymonitoring displacement of biotinylated hCD200-Fc from U937-CD200R1 byh10F6 (FIG. 19 , panel A) or monitoring binding of biotinylated h10F6 toU937-CD200R1 cells in the presence of different concentrations ofhCD200-Fc (FIG. 19 , panel B). h10F6 potently displaced hCD200-Fc fromcell surface-expressed hCD200R1 in both assay formats, resulting inh10F6 blocking IC50 values that ranged from 0.16 to 1.28 nM, dependingon the concentration of hCD200-Fc present. As expected, h10F6 IC50values for displacement of pre-bound CD200 were substantially higher(less potent) than when cells expressing CD200R1 were pre-incubated withh10F6 (IC50=0.08 nM).

B. Blocking of Binding of CD200 to Primary Dendritic Cells thatEndogenously Express CD200R1 by Anto-CD200-R1 Antibodies

As a key attribute of h10F6's biological mechanism of action is toeffectively prevent CD200 binding to CD200R1-expressing cells, weevaluated the ability of h10F6 to block soluble recombinant CD200binding to dendritic cells that were differentiated in vitro and expresshigh levels of endogenous CD200R1. h10F6 blocked 100% of CD200 bindingto CD200R1-expressing DCs in a concentration-dependent manner with anIC50value of 0.08 nM (FIG. 20 ). Here, in-vitro monocyte-differentiatedDCs were allowed to bind to increasing concentrations of h10F6. Unboundantibody was removed by washing twice before adding 500 nM ofCD200-Fc-FLAG fusion protein. After 20 minutes of incubation at 4° C.,anti-Flag PE antibody was added for detection of CD200 binding. EC50values for binding were determined using a 3-parameter, log 10[h10F6] vsresponse, nonlinear curve fit; the fitted line is extrapolated based onthis model. A control antibody that binds CD200R1 but does not blockCD200R1-CD200 binding (non-blocker) did not inhibit CD200 binding; infact, it appeared to enhance binding. Together, these resultsdemonstrate that h10F6 can prevent binding of CD200 to CD200R1 onprimary immune cells.

Example 14: Inhibition of CD200R1 Signaling by Anti-CD200R1 Antibodies

The effect of h10F6 on downstream CD200R1-mediated signaling wascharacterized in vitro using 2 different cell-based assay systems. Oneevaluated the ability of h10F6 to prevent recruitment of DOK2 to theCD200R1 receptor intracellular domain. The other evaluatedCD200R1-mediated downstream activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NFκB)using NFκB reporter genes.

The CD200R1 signaling pathway begins with CD200 induced phosphorylationof Y302 of CD200R1 followed by the recruitment of DOK2 (Zhang, et al.,2004; Mihrshahi, et al., 2009; Mihrshahi and Brown, 2010). As such, weevaluated the ability of h10F6 to block downstream recruitment of DOK2using a commercially available CD200R1-specific DOK2 recruitment assay(EuroFins DiscoverX). In this in vitro cell-based assay system, thehuman Jurkat cell line is engineered to express CD200R1 and DOK2, eachmodified at the c-terminus with a separate and complementaryβ-galactosidase enzyme fragment. When DOK2 comes in close proximity tothe intracellular domain of CD200R1, the 2 engineered enzyme fragmentswill complement each other to form a functional enzyme that is able tohydrolyze a proprietary substrate to produce a chemiluminescent signal.As such, co-culturing human Jurkat cells with CD200 expressing HEK293cells induces a dose-dependent chemiluminescent signal reflective ofCD200R1 signaling (FIG. 21 ). Adding serial dilutions of soluble h10F6to the co-culture blocked the CD200 ligand induced recruitment of DOK2to CD200R1 in a concentration-dependent manner (IC50=0.03 nM). HEK293Tcells with no CD200 endogenous expression was used to determine thebaseline level of signal. The inhibition was complete with increasingantibody concentrations as the signal returned to baseline level(indicated by HEK293T control cell stimulation).

Pre-clinical studies suggest the canonical NFκB pathway can play a tumorpromoting role in ovarian, colitis-associated cancer, hepatocellular andglioblastoma mouse models. Literature reports suggest that theimmunosuppressive tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) M2 phenotype andmyeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) can be dependent on NFκB(Hagemann, et al., 2008; Li, et al., 2020). Moreover, disrupting thecanonical NFκB pathway in myeloid cells can slow tumor growth,repolarize the anti-inflammatory M2 to a proinflammatory M1 immuneinfiltrate supporting an increase of CD8+ T cell and tumor cellapoptosis (Achyut, et al., 2017). A human monocytic cell line, K562, wasengineered to express CD200R1 and a NFκB-luciferase reporter to explorethe effect of CD200-CD200R1 signaling on NFκB pathway and the ability ofh10F6 to block this effect.

Treatment of CD200R1-expressing K562 cells with either plate-bound CD200(data not shown) or co-culture with CD200 expressing HEK293T cellsinduced NFκB reporter gene activity in a cell number-dependent manner(FIG. 22 , panel A). Addition of serial dilutions of soluble h10F6 tothis K562 HEK293-CD200+ co-culture effectively and completely blockedthe membrane bound CD200 dependent NFκB response with an IC50 value of2.31 nM (FIG. 22 , panel B) and an IC50 of 3.38 nM when CD200 wasplate-bound (data not shown). These data demonstrate that h10F6effectively blocks CD200/CD200R1 signaling in 2 independent cell-basedsystems.

Example 15: Enhancement of Immune Cell Activation by Anti-CD200R1Antibodies

A. Effect of Anti-CD200R1 Antibodies in a Mixed Lymphocyte Assay

The ability of h10F6 to reverse the suppressive effects of tolerogenicDC in the context of an allogenic T cell co-culture was assessed in amixed lymphocyte assay. Both cytokine production and T cell activationmarkers were measured. Briefly, monocytes were differentiated intodendritic cells by culturing for 7 days with GMCSF and IL-4. Dendriticcells were either polarized into tolerogenic or polarized intoimmunogenic DC to serve as an immuno-stimulatory positive control. After3 days of polarization, pan-T cells and matured DCs were mixed togetherin the presence of h10F6 or isotype control antibody. Cytokineproduction and T cell activation markers were subsequently analyzedafter 4 to 6 days of co-culture. h10F6 treatment in the tolerogenic DCmixed lymphocyte assay resulted in T cell activation as evidenced by atime-dependent, 2 to 3-fold induction of the proinflammatory cytokinesincluding IFNγ, IL-12p70, and IL-18 (FIG. 23 , panels A and C).Significant increases in the T-cell activation marker CD69 and theproliferation marker Ki67 were also observed, which reached 40-70% ofmaximal activation as indicated by immunogenic DC co-cultures (FIG. 23 ,panel B). Together, these data demonstrate the ability of h10F6 torescue T cell function in the presence of tolerogenic DCs.

B. Effect of Anti-CD200R1 Antibodies in a Pan-T Cell Assay EvaluatingSecretion of IL-2 and Production of INFγ

The potential of h10F6 to rescue T cell function was also evaluated in apan-T cell assay in the presence of plate-bound CD200-Fc (FIG. 24 ,panel A). Human pan-T cells isolated from healthy PBMC donors werechronically stimulated with phytohemagglutinin and IL-2 for 7 days incomplete media. Cells were then harvested, rested of stimulants andprimed with IL-4 for 24 hours. This pre-treatment increased CD200R1expression on pan-T cells, rendering them more sensitive to ligand(CD200). Treatment of pan-T cells with 50 nM h10F6 showed a functionalrescue of IL-2 secretion in the presence of plate-bound CD200-Fc. h10F6also rescued IFNγ production in a dose-dependent manner (EC50 of 0.07nM, as illustrated in FIG. 24 , panel B). Thus, h10F6 also directlymodulates T cell function independent of myeloid cells.

Example 16: Anti-CD200R1 Antibodies Enhance PBMC-Mediated Tumor CellKilling in Real-Time in a Dose-Dependent Manner

Target tumor cells (COV644 cells that express endogenous CD200), wereengineered to express green fluorescent protein (GFP). GFP-labeledCOV644 tumor cells were incubated with healthy donor PBMCs. A stimulant(SEB) was also added to the media to activate the immune cells.PBMC-mediated tumor cell killing was quantified by measuring the loss offluorescent intensity in each well over time.

The immune-mediated tumor cell killing was confirmed by visualinspection to ensure that the loss of fluorescent signal coincided withtumor cell killing. Successful priming and activation were evident bythe clustering of unlabeled immune cells. Immune cell killing wasconfirmed by GFP-labeled cell membrane disruption and shrinkage of thetarget tumor cell. h10F6 was tested in the real-time IncuCyte tumorgrowth assay with 3 different donors. In 15 of the 24 total studiesconducted, h10F6 promoted anti-tumor killing activity as quantified by adecrease in GFP signal per well compared to isotype control. h10F6accelerated SEB-primed PBMC-mediated tumor cell death in adose-dependent manner (FIG. 25 )

In FIG. 25 , the area under the curve (AUC) of the GFP signal from thekilling phase of the 15 IncuCyte PBMC-mediated tumor killing experimentsthat showed a h10F6 effect was fit to a nonlinear inhibitor-responseregression model and the data were assessed for goodness of fit. Sixexperiments across 3 individual donors passed an acceptance threshold ofR2≥0.40. Data from these 6 experiments was converted to % PBMC-mediatedtumor killing relative to isotype control. Individual values of percenttumor killing were calculated (n=4 replicates per concentration) andconverted to mean % tumor killing. The mean tumor killing percentage,which was reported as the percent increase of tumor cells killedrelative to isotype control, was plotted by h10F6 concentration, anddonor-specific data from repeat experiments was aggregated to report anEC50 for h10F6 in the assay by donor, as illustrated in FIG. 26 .

The values for PBMC-mediated tumor cell killing across 3 donors arereported in Table 16. h10F6 increased PBMC-mediated tumor cell killingin a concentration-dependent manner, resulting in a mean EC50 of 1.37 nM(or 0.20 pg/mL, range: 0.17 to 2.38 nM). Relative to isotype control,h10F6 increased PBMC-mediated tumor cell killing by up to 52.9%(individual) and had mean maximum effect of 35.2% across the 3 donors(0% is killing achieved by isotype control, and 100% is if tumor cellsemit no GFP signal throughout the killing phase).

TABLE 16 Summary of Potency and Maximal Effect of h10F6 on PBMC-MediatedTumor Cell Killing Relative to Isotype Control RG1939 RG1212 RG1307 MeanN = 2 N = 1 N = 3 NA EC50 (nM) 0.17 2.38 1.56 1.37 % Increased Killing,29.8 52.9 22.8 35.2 Max

h10F6 potently enhanced PBMC-mediated CD200+ cancer cell death in thepresence of SEB-stimulated donor PBMC.

Example 17: Toxicology Studies Using h10F6.V1

The nonclinical safety evaluation of h10F6 includes an evaluation of thein vitro pharmacology data, tolerability data from the in vivo PKstudies to assess potential off-target binding, in vitro cytokinerelease, and tissue cross-reactivity of h10F6, and a tolerability andGLP toxicology study of the surrogate antibody h10F6.V1.

The tolerability of h10F6.V1 and potential for off-target binding andtoxicity was evaluated following a single-dose IV bolus administrationof h10F6 in rats and cynomolgus monkeys. The potential for h10F6.V1 toinduce cytokine release by peripheral human immune cells was alsoassessed.

A. Tolerability in Sprague-Dawley Rats

h10F6.V1 was well tolerated in rats following a single IV bolusinjection (1 to 2 mL/kg) up to a dose of 10 mg/kg (2/sex/group; 1 mg/kgand 10 mg/kg. Animals were observed for significant clinical signs,moribundity, and mortality at each dosing or sample collection timepoint. Body weight was recorded at the time of dosing and at day 7, 14,and 21. There was no early mortality or moribundity and no test articlerelated changes in clinical signs or body weights. In conclusion, noovert toxicity was observed that would indicate for example off-targetbinding of h10F6.V1 in the rat following a single IV dose up to 10mg/kg.

B. Tolerability in Cynomolgus Monkey

h10F6.V1 was well tolerated in cynomolgus monkeys (2/sex/group at 2mg/kg and 20 mg/kg) following a single IV bolus injection (2 mL/kg) upto a dose of 20 mg/kg. Animals were screened for general health bycertified veterinary staff upon arrival at the study site. Only animalsin good health with clinical pathology parameters consistent with colonyspecific reference data were placed on study. On the dosing day, animalswere observed before and after each sample collection time point for thefirst 6 hours post-dose and again at each subsequent time point ofsample collection. After dosing, animals were observed at least twiceper day for significant clinical signs, mortality, and signs of pain anddistress, and at least once per day for general health and appearance.Body weight was recorded at pre-dose, at the time of dosing, and atleast weekly post-dose. Blood was collected at pre-dose, 24 hourspost-dose, and 35 days post-dose to assess changes in hematology andserum chemistry. There was no early mortality or moribundity and no testarticle related changes in clinical signs, body weights, hematology orclinical chemistry. In conclusion, no overt toxicity was observed thatwould indicate off-target binding of h10F6 in the cynomolgus monkeysfollowing a single IV dose up to 20 mg/kg.

C. Cytokine Release Assay

The potential for cytokine release by PBMC following exposure to h10F6was evaluated and was found to have no effect. The response of wholeblood and PBMC samples derived from 10 healthy human donors to treatmentwith h10F6.V1 was compared to an anti-CD3 antibody or SEB treatment(positive controls for the PBMC and whole blood assays, respectively),humanized anti-chicken lysozyme IgG1 kappa with the N297G Fc-domainmutation isotype control treatment (isotype negative control), as wellas a no treatment control. Whole blood samples were treated in a solubleformat, and PBMC were treated in a plate-bound, wet-coated format.Concentration-dependent-responses for h10F6.V1 were examined at 0.002,0.02, 0.2, 2, and 20 pg/ml in both treatment formats. Cytokine releasewas evaluated at a single timepoint, 24 hours after treatment for theinduction of IL-2, IL-6 TNFα, and IFNγ.

h10F6.V1 treatment did not induce any notable IL-2, TNFα, and IFNγcytokine release under any tested concentrations or conditions. h10F6.V1treatment did not induce any notable IL-6 release in the whole bloodsoluble format. All donors had low to moderate levels of IL-6 in thePBMC plate-bound, wet-coated format, following h10F6 treatment. Thelevels of IL-6 observed in samples treated with h10F6.V1 were equivalentto the isotype IgG1 negative control antibody treatment and were lowerthan the anti-CD3 positive control when used at the same concentration.No correlation was observed between the concentration of h10F6.V1 andthe level of IL-6 measured. h10F6 does not show evidence for in vitrocytokine release of IL-2, IL-6, TNFα, or IFNγ above negative controlswhen tested in whole blood (e.g., soluble treatment format) or PBMC(e.g., plate-bound, wet-coated treatment format) from 10 healthy humandonors.

Example 18: Pharmacology of an Example Surrogate Antibody

A. Production of Surrogate Antibody Nonclinical Test Material inExpi-HEK293 Cells

h10F6 does not cross-react with CD200R1 expressed in tested nonclinicalspecies, including mouse, rat, rabbit, dog, and nonhuman primates(rhesus, marmoset and cynomolgus monkey). Thus, a fully humanizedsurrogate antibody that binds to cynomolgus CD200R1, h10F6.V1, wasdeveloped to evaluate potential hazards associated with CD200R1inhibition. h10F6.V1 is a variant of h10F6, and shares the same primarysequence, with the exception of 3 amino acids in the heavy chaincomplementarity-determining region (CDR) region and 1 amino acid in thelight chain CDR region.

h10F6.V1 was produced in a Expi-HEK293 expression system using the sameprocess as described for h10F6. The characteristics of h10F6.V1 isprovided in Table 17 below.

TABLE 17 Characteristics of h10F6.V1 Material Biacore K_(D) Mass Spec(nM) HPLC (% Observed (binding to Endotoxin Molecule Monomer) Mass (Da)MfCD200R1) (EU/mg) h10F6.V1 produced in >99 145,066 2.63 0.03Expi-HEK293 cells

B. Binding of the Surrogate Antibody to PBMCs Isolated from CynomolgusMonkey

To confirm that h10F6.V1 binds to endogenous CD200R1 expressed oncynomolgus monkey cells, the binding of h10F6.V1 to peripheral immunecell subsets was determined by flow cytometry using PBMC from cynomolgusmonkeys.

In PBMC isolated from 3 monkeys, h10F6.V1 displayed expected binding toCD4+ T cells (FIG. 27 ). The binding to T cells was evaluated by testingserial dilutions of h10F6.V1. Dose-dependent binding was observed, withEC50 values ranging from 0.34 to 1.54 nM.

C. Blocking of the MfCD200/MfCD200R1 Interaction by the SurrogateAntibody

The capacity of the h10F6.V1 to block binding of MfCD200R1 toimmobilized MfCD200 was performed using an ELISA. The surrogate antibodyblocked the MfCD200R1:MfCD200 interaction with a blocking IC50 value of2.45 nM, as illustrated in FIG. 28 .

The human monocytic cell line, K562, was engineered to stably expressMfCD200R1. The MfCD200R1 sequence was unambiguously determined bybioinformatics analysis and experimental sequence confirmation using RNAextracted from monkey esophagus from 2 donors. Binding of MfCD200 fusedwith a non-glycosylated hIgG1 Fc tag to the K562 cells expressingMfCD200R1 was confirmed by FACS. This binding was potently blocked byh10F6.V1 (IC50=0.50 nM), whereas the non-MfCD200R1 binder h10F6 did notblock this interaction FIG. 29 ).

D. Single-Dose Pharmacokinetics of a Surrogate Antibody in CynomolgusMonkeys

h10F6.V1 is a surrogate of h10F6 with high binding affinity to CD200R1from cynomolgus monkey. As h10F6 does not bind CD200R1 from cynomolgusmonkey, the primary toxicology species, a single dose PK study ofh10F6.V1 was performed to assess its PK properties and tolerability incynomolgus monkeys, and determine its suitability for use in the GLPhazard identification study. The concentration-time PK profiles ofh10F6.V1 in monkeys are illustrated in FIG. 30 .

Mean PK parameters of h10F6.V1 in monkeys are summarized in Table 18below. Following a single IV bolus injection of 20 mg/kg to cynomolgusmonkeys, h10F6.V1 serum concentrations declined in a biphasic manner.The elimination of h10F6.V1 was linear with time, suggesting no evidenceof ADA or other nonlinear elimination behavior (e.g., target-mediateddrug disposition; TMDD) for up to 35 days. The mean terminal half-lifewas 10.2 days, and the mean values for clearance and estimated volume ofdistribution at steady-state were consistent with values that can betypical for humanized IgG with linear PK in monkeys

TABLE 18 PK Parameters of Surrogate Antibody Following Single-dose IVAdministration to Cynomolgus Monkeys Mean PK Parameters (N = 3M) CmaxAUClast CL VSS Dose (ug/mL) (day*ug/mL) T1/2 (day) (mL/kg/day) (mL/kg)20 mg/kg 515 3670 10.2 4.97 69.9 CV % 17.9 2.7 14.8 5.4 6.8

h10F6.V1 had linear PK in monkeys, suggesting that linear,non-saturable, non-specific clearance mechanisms are the dominantcontributors to h10F6.V1 elimination in monkeys at the 20 mg/kg dosestudied. h10F6.V1 was well tolerated through Day 35 based on clinicalobservations and an assessment of serum chemistry and hematologyparameters (See Section 14.2.3.1). Thus, the PK and tolerability ofh10F6.V1 in monkeys supports its suitability as a surrogate for h10F6and its use in the GLP toxicology study.

Example 19: Toxicology Studies Using Surrogate Antibody

Evaluation of h10F6 binding to CD200R1 expressed in other speciesrevealed that it does not cross-react with CD200R1 expressed in speciesused to evaluate nonclinical safety. Consequently, evaluation ofpotential toxicities of h10F6 in a pharmacologically relevant animalspecies was not possible and a surrogate antibody that binds to CD200R1from cynomolgus monkey, h10F6.V1, was developed to evaluate nonclinicalsafety for the purposes of hazard identification.

A. Tolerability in Single-Dose Studies in Cynomolgus Monkey

h10F6.V1 was well tolerated in cynomolgus monkeys (3 males) following asingle IV bolus injection (2 mL/kg, 20 mg/kg). Animals were screened forgeneral health by certified veterinary staff upon arrival at the studysite. Only animals in good health with clinical pathology parametersconsistent with colony-specific reference data were placed on study. Onthe dosing day, animals were observed before and after each samplecollection time point for the first 6 hours post-dose and again at eachsubsequent time point of sample collection. After dosing, animals wereobserved at least twice per day for significant clinical signs,mortality, and signs of pain and distress, and at least once per day forgeneral health and appearance. Body weight was recorded at pre-dose, atthe time of dosing, and at least weekly post-dose. Blood was collectedat pre-dose, 24 hours post-dose, and 35 days post-dose to assess changesin hematology and serum chemistry. There was no early mortality ormoribundity and no test article related changes in clinical signs, bodyweights, hematology or clinical chemistry. No overt toxicity wasobserved that can indicate that the inhibition of the CD200/CD200R1interaction in the cynomolgus monkeys following a single IV dose at 20mg/kg is hazardous.

B. Toxicology and Safety Pharmacology in a Repeat-Dose Study inCynomolgus Monkey

A repeat-dose GLP study can determine the potential toxicity of h10F6.V1when administered once a week by slow bolus IV injection, for examplefor 4-weeks, to male and female cynomolgus monkeys for the purposes ofhazard identification of toxicity potentially associated with thedisruption of the CD200/CD200R1 interaction. This study can alsoevaluate the potential reversibility of any findings following a 6-weekrecovery period. In addition, the TK characteristics and exploratorybiomarkers can be evaluated. Doses can be selected based on a non-GLPsingle-dose PD study, such as that described above. Based on ROpredictions, the 100 mg/kg/dose can provide an extended period of targetsaturation. The 10 mg/kg/dose level can produce no observableindications and can provide about 99% RO over the once weekly dosinginterval. A study design is provided in Table 19 below.

TABLE 19 Study design for 4-week GLP Toxicology Study of SurrogateAntibody by Intravenous Infusion to Cynomolgus Monkeys Dosage Concen-Dose # of # of (mg/kg/ tration Volume Male Female Group # Treatmentdose) (mg/mL) (mL/kg) Animals Animals 1 Vehicle 0 0 2 5 5 2 Surrogate 105 2 3 3 Antibody 3 Surrogate 100 50 2 5 5 Antibody

Test article related effects on standard toxicological endpointsincluding clinical observations, body weights, body weight changes, foodconsumption, ophthalmology, hematology, clinical chemistry, coagulation,urinalysis, organ weights, macroscopic and microscopic histopathologycan be evaluated. In addition, effects on safety pharmacology parameters(neurobehavior, electrocardiography, heart rate, blood pressure, orrespiratory rate) can be monitored. In addition to the standardparameters, effects on peripheral blood immunophenotyping parameters(CD3, FoxP3, CD25, CD159a, CD20, CD4, Ki67, and CD8) and cytokine (IL-2,IL-6, IL-8, MCP-1, IFNγ, and TNFα) levels can be monitored, for exampleusing validated assays. Samples for TK, and exploratory biomarkeranalysis are can be collected for evaluation. Local tolerance can alsobe evaluated.

The following parameters and end points were evaluated in this study:mortality, clinical observations, body weights, qualitative foodconsumption, ophthalmology, qualitative electrocardiology, bodytemperature, neurologicals exams, respirations rates, clinical pathologyparameters (hematology, coagulation, clinical chemistry, andurinalysis), bioanalysis and toxicokinetic parameters, anti-drugantibody parameters, immunophenotyping, receptor occupancy analysis,cytokine analysis, exploratory plasma processing, exploratory wholeblood for RNA, organ weights, and macroscopic and microscopicexaminations.

Administration of h10F6.V1 at 10 or 100 mg/kg to cynomolgus monkeys byintravenous bolus injection once weekly for 4 weeks was not associatedwith changes in clinical observations, food consumption, body weights,ophthalmology exams, electrocardiology, body temperature, neurologicalexams, respiration rates, hematology, coagulation, clinical chemistry,urinalysis parameters, or bone marrow cytology.

For immunophenotyping, h10F6.V1-related changes were limited toincreases in Ki67 expression on T-lymphocytes, CD25+T-lymphocytes, andNK cells that were observed on Day 15 predose and Day 29 in the 10 and100 mg/kg groups. Administration of h10F6.V1 resulted in reductions in %Free Receptor and increases in percent of receptor occupancy (% RO) onneutrophils at 10 mg/kg on Day 1: 48 hours postdose and Day 8 predose;and at 100 mg/kg on Day 1: 48 hours postdose through the end of recoveryperiod on Day 63. There were also increases in % Total Receptor onT-helper lymphocytes for both dose groups on Day 22: 48 hours postdoseand increased % RO on T-lymphocytes for both dose groups on Day 1: 48hours postdose through Day 29. These increases returned to near baselineby Day 50. There were no h10F6.V1-related changes in any other testedcell populations or activation markers for both dose groups.

Cytokine evaluation showed no changes in plasma IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, MCP-1,IFN-γ, and TNF-α concentrations compared to prestudy and control rangesthat could be attributed to h10F6.V1 administration at any time pointsfor all dosed animals.

For microscopic evaluation, at terminal euthanasia, a higher incidenceand/or severity of mononuclear cell infiltration was observed in thebrain (mild) and eye (mild) of one female administered 100 mg/kg,adrenal gland (minimal) of animals administered ≥10 mg/kg, and pituitarygland (minimal) of males administered 100 mg/kg. At recovery euthanasia,a higher incidence and/or severity of mononuclear cell infiltration wasobserved in the brain (mild) of one male administered 100 mg/kg, adrenalgland (minimal) of one female administered 100 mg/kg, and pituitarygland (minimal) of males administered 100 mg/kg. Mononuclear cellinfiltrates can be observed as background findings or in associationwith the administration of biologics. The higher incidence and/orseverity observed in dosed animals, inconsistency in incidence acrosssexes, and the low magnitude of severity difference suggests that theseinfiltrates most likely represent a nonspecific class effect associatedwith the administration of biologics rather than a directh10F6.V1-related effect; however, a contributory and/or directh10F6.V1-related effect cannot be completely ruled out. At terminal andrecovery euthanasia, no h10F6.V1-related organ weight differences ormacroscopic findings were observed.

In conclusion, administration of h10F6.V1 by intravenous (slow bolus)injection once weekly on Days 1, 8, 15, and 22 was well tolerated incynomolgus monkeys at levels of ≤100 mg/kg. Histopathologic changesconsisted of mononuclear cell infiltrates in the brain, eye (terminaleuthanasia only), and pituitary gland at 100 mg/kg, and adrenal gland at≥10 mg/kg. These changes may have been related to immune complexes fromanti-drug antibodies and were considered non-adverse. Based on theseresults, the no-observed-adverse-effect level was considered to be 100mg/kg.

Example 20: Comparative Pharmacology Summary for h10F6 and the SurrogateAntibody

Preliminary data generated using material produced in Expi-293HEK cellsindicates that h10F6.V1 binds to recombinant MfCD200R1 with a KD of 2.63nM, demonstrating that its binding affinity for MfCD200R1 can becomparable (within ˜20-fold) to the binding affinity of h10F6 forhCD200R1, as shown in Table 20 below. Consistent with the results ofrecombinant protein binding studies, the tested surrogate antibody canbind to primary cynomolgus monkey CD4+ T cells that express CD200R1 withcomparable affinity (within ˜4-fold; Table 20) to h10F6 binding to humanT cells. Furthermore, results of in vitro blocking studies demonstratedthat h10F6.V1 can block the interaction between MfCD200R1 and MfCD200with comparable potency to h10F6 for human hCD200R1 and hCD200 in bothan ELISA and in a MfCD200R1 over-expressing cell-based system, within ˜6to 7 fold; Table 20).

TABLE 20 Comparative Pharmacology for h10F6 and a Surrogate Antibody SPRBinding Cell-Surface Blocking Cell-Surface Affinity Binding ELISABlocking (K_(D); nM) (EC50; nM) (IC50; nM) (IC50; nM) h10F6- 0.12 0.400.36 0.08 hCD200R1:hCD200 Surrogate Antibody- 2.63 1.30 2.45 0.50hCD200R1:hCD200

Taken together, these results indicate that the surrogate antibodyh10F6.V1 can inhibit binding of MfCD200R1:MfCD200 in a comparable mannerto h10F6's inhibition of binding of hCD200R1:hCD200.

Comparative Pharmacokinetics for h10F6 and a h10F6.V1

The PK properties of h10F6.V1 and h10F6 were similar when evaluated incynomolgus monkey at a single dose of 20 mg/kg administered by IV bolusinjection. The mean terminal half-life of h10F6.V1 and h10F6 was 10.2days and 11.5 to 13.3 days, respectively, and their exposures werecomparable (within 1.5-fold as measured by Cmax and AUClast). The PK ofh10F6.V1 produced in CHO-K1 cells will be evaluated in the GLP hazardidentification study. h10F6 is a hCD200R1-specific, non-glycosylated,and neutral charged IgG antibody and thus is expected to have similar PKproperties when h10F6 is produced in CHO-K1 cells or in Expi-HEK293cells.

While the foregoing disclosure of the present invention has beendescribed in some detail by way of example and illustration for purposesof clarity and understanding, this disclosure including the examples,descriptions, and embodiments described herein are for illustrativepurposes, are intended to be exemplary, and should not be construed aslimiting the present disclosure. It will be clear to one skilled in theart that various modifications or changes to the examples, descriptions,and embodiments described herein can be made and are to be includedwithin the spirit and purview of this disclosure and the appendedclaims. Further, one of skill in the art will recognize a number ofequivalent methods and procedure to those described herein. All suchequivalents are to be understood to be within the scope of the presentdisclosure and are covered by the appended claims.

Additional embodiments of the invention are set forth in the followingclaims.

The disclosures of all publications, patent applications, patents, orother documents mentioned herein are expressly incorporated by referencein their entirety for all purposes to the same extent as if each suchindividual publication, patent, patent application or other documentwere individually specifically indicated to be incorporated by referenceherein in its entirety for all purposes and were set forth in itsentirety herein. In case of conflict, the present specification,including specified terms, will control.

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What is claimed is:
 1. An anti-CD200R1 antibody comprising (i) a firstlight chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1), a second light chainhypervariable region (HVR-L2), and a third light chain hypervariableregion (HVR-L3); and (ii) a first heavy chain hypervariable region(HVR-H1), a second heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2), and athird heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3), comprising: (a) HVR-L1of SEQ ID NO: 11, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 12, and HVR-L3 of SEQ ID NO: 13;and HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 15, HVR-H2 of SEQ ID NO: 16, and HVR-H3 of SEQID NO: 17; (b) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 19, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 20, andHVR-L3 of SEQ ID NO: 21; and HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 23, HVR-H2 of SEQ IDNO: 24, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 25; (c) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 27, HVR-L2of SEQ ID NO: 28, and HVR-L3 of SEQ ID NO: 29; and HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO:31, HVR-H2 of SEQ ID NO: 32, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 33; (d) HVR-L1 ofSEQ ID NO: 35, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 36, and HVR-L3 of SEQ ID NO: 37; andHVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 39, HVR-H2 of SEQ ID NO: 40, and HVR-H3 of SEQ IDNO: 41; (e) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 43, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 44, and HVR-L3of SEQ ID NO: 45; and HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 47, HVR-H2 of SEQ ID NO: 48,and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 49; (f) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 51, HVR-L2 of SEQID NO: 52, and HVR-L3 of SEQ ID NO: 53; and HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 55,HVR-H2 of SEQ ID NO: 56, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 57; (g) HVR-L1 of SEQID NO: 59, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 60, and HVR-L3 of SEQ ID NO: 61; andHVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 63, HVR-H2 of SEQ ID NO: 64, and HVR-H3 of SEQ IDNO: 65; (h) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 77, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 78, and HVR-L3of SEQ ID NO: 79; and HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 81, HVR-H2 of SEQ ID NO: 82,and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 83; (i) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 11, HVR-L2 of SEQID NO: 12, and HVR-L3 of SEQ ID NO: 13; and HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 85,HVR-H2 of SEQ ID NO: 86, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO: 87; (j) HVR-L1 of SEQID NO: 11, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 12, and HVR-L3 of SEQ ID NO: 13; andHVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 81, HVR-H2 of SEQ ID NO: 82, and HVR-H3 of SEQ IDNO: 83; or (k) HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 77, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 78, andHVR-L3 of SEQ ID NO: 79; and HVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 85, HVR-H2 of SEQ IDNO: 86, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO:
 87. 2. The antibody of claim 1, whereinthe antibody comprises a light chain variable domain (V_(L)) amino acidsequence having at least 90% identity to a sequence selected from SEQ IDNO: 10, 18, 26, 34, 42, 50, 58, 66, or
 76. 3. The antibody of claim 1,wherein (a) the antibody comprises a light chain variable domain (VL)amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 10, and aheavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least 90%identity to SEQ ID NO: 14; (b) the antibody comprises a light chainvariable domain (VL) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity toSEQ ID NO: 18, and a heavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acidsequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 22; (c) the antibodycomprises a light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence havingat least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 26, and a heavy chain variabledomain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ IDNO: 30; (d) the antibody comprises a light chain variable domain (VL)amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 34, and aheavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least 90%identity to SEQ ID NO: 38; (e) the antibody comprises a light chainvariable domain (VL) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity toSEQ ID NO: 42, and a heavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acidsequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 46; (f) the antibodycomprises a light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence havingat least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 50, and a heavy chain variabledomain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ IDNO: 54; (g) the antibody comprises a light chain variable domain (VL)amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 58, and aheavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least 90%identity to SEQ ID NO: 62; (h) the antibody comprises a light chainvariable domain (VL) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity toSEQ ID NO: 66, and a heavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acidsequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 67; (i) the antibodycomprises a light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence havingat least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 76, and a heavy chain variabledomain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ IDNO: 80; (j) the antibody comprises a light chain variable domain (VL)amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 66, and aheavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least 90%identity to SEQ ID NO: 84; (k) the antibody comprises a light chainvariable domain (VL) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity toSEQ ID NO: 66, and a heavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acidsequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 80; or (l) theantibody comprises a light chain variable domain (VL) amino acidsequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 76, and a heavychain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence having at least 90%identity to SEQ ID NO:
 84. 4. The antibody of claim 1, wherein theantibody comprises a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having atleast 90% identity to a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 68, 71, and74.
 5. The antibody of claim 1, wherein the antibody comprises: (a) alight chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQID NO: 68; and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence having at least90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 69; (b) a light chain (LC) amino acidsequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 68; and a heavychain (HC) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ IDNO: 70; (c) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%identity to SEQ ID NO: 71; and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequencehaving at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 88; (d) a light chain (LC)amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 71; and aheavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQID NO: 72; (e) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 68; and a heavy chain (HC) amino acidsequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 89; (f) a lightchain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ IDNO: 68; and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence having at least 90%identity to SEQ ID NO: 73; (g) a light chain (LC) amino acid sequencehaving at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 68; and a heavy chain (HC)amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 88; (h) alight chain (LC) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQID NO: 71; and a heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence having at least90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 89; or (i) a light chain (LC) amino acidsequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO: 74; and a heavychain (HC) amino acid sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ IDNO:
 75. 6. The antibody of claim 1, wherein the antibody ischaracterized by: (a) binds to hu-CD200R1 with a binding affinity of1×10⁻⁸ M or less; (b) binds to hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt orhu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref, and hu-CD200R1-iso1-Alt or hu-CD200R1-iso1-Ref witha binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less; (c) binds to hu-CD200R1-iso4-Altand hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less; (d)binds to hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt, hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref, hu-CD200R1-iso1-Alt,and hu-CD200R1-iso1-Ref with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less; (e)binds to cyno-CD200R1 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less; (f)binds to hu-CD200R1 and to cyno-CD200R1 with a binding affinity of1×10⁻⁸ M or less; (g) blocks hu-CD200-Fc binding to hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt(SEQ ID NO: 1), hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref (SEQ ID NO: 2), hu-CD200R1-iso1-Alt(SEQ ID NO: 3), and hu-CD200R1-iso1-Ref (SEQ ID NO: 4) measured by ELISAwith an IC₅₀ of 10 nM or less; (h) blocks hu-CD200-Fc binding tohu-CD200R1 expressed on a cell with an IC₅₀ of 2.5 nM or less; (i) bindsto human T-cells with an EC₅₀ of 2.5 nM or less; (j) increases IFNγproduction from human tumor cells by at least 1.2-fold with an antibodyconcentration of 100 nM or less; (k) increases IFNγ or IL-2 productionfrom hu-CD200-Fc coated human T cells relative to IgG control by atleast 1.2-fold; (l) increases activation of human CD4+ T-cells or humanCd8+ T-cells by at least 1.5-fold; (m) does not agonize CD200R1signaling; (n) blocks induction of pDok2 activity in U937 monocytic celllines treated with soluble hu-CD200-Fc; or (o) blocks NFkβ transcriptioninduced by hu-CD200 binding hu-CD200R1 expressing cell-lines.
 7. Apharmaceutical composition comprising an anti-CD200R1 antibody of claim1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 8. The antibody of claim 1,wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chain variable domain (VH) aminoacid sequence having at least 90% identity to a sequence selected fromSEQ ID NO: 14, 22, 30, 38, 46, 54, 62, 67, 80, or
 84. 9. The antibody ofclaim 1, wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chain (HC) amino acidsequence having at least 90% identity to a sequence selected from SEQ IDNO: 69, 70, 72, 73, 75, 88, and
 89. 10. The pharmaceutical compositionof claim 7, wherein the composition further comprises a chemotherapeuticagent or an antibody comprising a specificity for an immune checkpointmolecule.
 11. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 7, wherein theanti-CD200R1 antibody is the sole active agent of the composition. 12.An anti-CD200R1 antibody comprising (i) the heavy chain (HC) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 69, and (ii) the light chain (LC) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:
 68. 13. An anti-CD200R1 antibody comprising (i)the heavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:67, and (ii) the light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO:
 66. 14. The antibody of claim 1, wherein the antibody bindsto hu-CD200R1 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, wherein thebinding affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociation constant(K_(D)) to a hu-CD200R1 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQID NO: 3, or SEQ ID NO:
 4. 15. The antibody of claim 1, wherein theantibody binds to hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt or hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref, andhu-CD200R1-iso1-Alt, with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less,wherein the binding affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociationconstant (K_(D)) to a hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 ora hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2, and ahu-CD200R1-iso1-Alt polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
 3. 16. The antibody ofclaim 1, wherein the antibody binds to hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt orhu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref, and hu-CD200R1-iso1-Ref with a binding affinity of1×10⁻⁸ M or less, wherein the binding affinity is measured byequilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to a hu-CD200R1-iso4-Altpolypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref polypeptide of SEQID NO: 2, and a hu-CD200R1-iso1-Ref polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
 4. 17. Theantibody of claim 1, wherein the antibody binds to hu-CD200R1-iso4-Altand hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or lesswherein the binding affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociationconstant (K_(D)) to a hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1,and a hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
 2. 18. The antibodyof claim 1, wherein the antibody binds to hu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt,hu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref, hu-CD200R1-iso1-Alt, and hu-CD200R1-iso1-Ref with abinding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, wherein the binding affinity ismeasured by equilibrium dissociation constant (K_(D)) to ahu-CD200R1-iso4-Alt polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1, or ahu-CD200R1-iso4-Ref polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2, and ahuCD200R1-iso1-Alt polypeptide of of SEQ: 4 or a huCD200R1-iso1-Refpolypeptide of SEQ:
 3. 19. The antibody of claim 1, wherein the antibodybinds to cyno-CD200R1 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less,wherein the binding affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociationconstant (K_(D)) to a cyno-CD200R1 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:
 5. 20. Theantibody of claim 1, wherein the antibody binds to a hu-CD200R1 isoformand to cyno-CD200R1 with a binding affinity of 1×10⁻⁸ M or less, whereinthe binding affinity is measured by equilibrium dissociation constant(K_(D)) to a hu-CD200R1 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQID NO: 3, or SEQ ID NO: 4, and a cyno-CD200R1 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:5.
 21. The antibody of claim 1, wherein the antibody blocks hu-CD200-Fcbinding to hu-CD200R1 expressed on a cell with an IC50 of 2.5 nM orless, wherein the cell is a U937 cell stably expressing hu-CD200R1. 22.The antibody of claim 1, wherein the antibody binds to human T-cellswith an EC50 of 2.5 nM or less, wherein the human T cells are CD4+ Tcells or CD8+ T cells.
 23. The antibody of claim 1, wherein the antibodyincreases IFNγ production from human tumor cells by at least 1.2-fold,with an antibody concentration of 100 nM or less, wherein the tumor cellis of a type is selected from colorectal, endometrial, lung, melanoma,ovarian, pancreatic, or prostate.
 24. The antibody of claim 1, whereinthe antibody blocks NFkβ transcription induced by a hu-CD200 of ahu-CD200-expressing K562 cell binding to a hu-CD200R1 of a hu-CD200R1.25. An anti-CD200R1 antibody comprising: (a) the light chain variabledomain (VL) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10, and the heavy chainvariable domain (VH) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14; (b) the lightchain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 18, and theheavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 22;(c) the light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 26, and the heavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 30; (d) the light chain variable domain (VL) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 34, and the heavy chain variable domain (VH)amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 38; (e) the light chain variabledomain (VL) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 42, and the heavy chainvariable domain (VH) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 46; (f) the lightchain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 50, and theheavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 54;(g) the light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 58, and the heavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 62; (h) the light chain variable domain (VL) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 66, and the heavy chain variable domain (VH)amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 67; (i) the light chain variabledomain (VL) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 76, and the heavy chainvariable domain (VH) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 80; (j) the lightchain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 66, and theheavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 84;(k) the light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 66, and the heavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 80; or (l) the light chain variable domain (VL) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 76, and the heavy chain variable domain (VH)amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
 84. 26. An anti-CD200R1 antibodycomprising: (a) the light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:68; and the heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 69; (b)the light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 68; and the heavychain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 70; (c) the light chain(LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 71; and the heavy chain (HC)amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 88; (d) the light chain (LC) aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 71; and the heavy chain (HC) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 72; (e) the light chain (LC) amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 68; and the heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 89; (f) the light chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 68;and the heavy chain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 73; (g) thelight chain (LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 68; and the heavychain (HC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 88; (h) the light chain(LC) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 71; and the heavy chain (HC)amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 89; or (i) the light chain (LC) aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 74; and the heavy chain (HC) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:
 75. 27. An anti-CD200R1 antibody comprising (i) afirst light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L1), a second light chainhypervariable region (HVR-L2), and a third light chain hypervariableregion (HVR-L3); and (ii) a first heavy chain hypervariable region(HVR-H1), a second heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H2), and athird heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H3), comprising HVR-L1 ofSEQ ID NO: 11, HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 12, and HVR-L3 of SEQ ID NO: 13; andHVR-H1 of SEQ ID NO: 15, HVR-H2 of SEQ ID NO: 16, and HVR-H3 of SEQ IDNO:
 17. 28. An anti-CD200R1 antibody comprising (i) a first light chainhypervariable region (HVR-L1), a second light chain hypervariable region(HVR-L2), and a third light chain hypervariable region (HVR-L3); and(ii) a first heavy chain hypervariable region (HVR-H1), a second heavychain hypervariable region (HVR-H2), and a third heavy chainhypervariable region (HVR-H3), comprising HVR-L1 of SEQ ID NO: 77,HVR-L2 of SEQ ID NO: 78, and HVR-L3 of SEQ ID NO: 79; and HVR-H1 of SEQID NO: 81, HVR-H2 of SEQ ID NO: 82, and HVR-H3 of SEQ ID NO:
 83. 29. Ananti-CD200R1 antibody comprising (i) the heavy chain (HC) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 88, and (ii) the light chain (LC) amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:
 71. 30. An anti-CD200R1 antibody comprising (i)the heavy chain variable domain (VH) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:80, and (ii) the light chain variable domain (VL) amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 76.